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PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO PRIVATE narrow bands of circlets and raised " llets, ਠ ʮʩۃɤɧ ɤɚ˰ߏ ڡზᛧᕡ७⋧
COLLECTION the lower bowstring interrupted by two small
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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL cruciforms, all above further taotie on a leiwen ᆄݲӷɛϗᔛ
(GU) ground, the warm olive-brown patina with
patches of green and reddish-brown encrustation ࡐ౱ᘽబˢ1998ϋ11˜18˚dᇜ໮874
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH / 12TH Height 10½ in., 26.8 cm
CENTURY BC
PROVENANCE
the waisted cylindrical form resting on splayed
European Private Collection.
base and rising to a wide, ! aring mouth, the
Sotheby’s London, 18th November 1998, lot 874.
central section cast with a pair of taotie masks
consisting of raised bosses for eyes centered $ 15,000-25,000
with a low ! ange on a leiwen ground, all between

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