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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL
(GU)
LATE SHANG DYNASTY
of slender waisted form with a trumpet neck, cast
around the central bulb with a pair of stylized
taotie masks, each detailed with protuberant eyes
and centered by a vertical ! ange, the splayed
foot with a further pair of taotie masks, all against
a leiwen ground, divided by a pair of bowstrings
interrupted by two cruciform apertures, the
surface with areas of malachite encrustation
Height 10 in., 25.4 cm
PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr. van Goch, acquired in the 1930s.
Polak Works of Art, Amsterdam, 2008.
Collection of Mr. G. Drum, Florida.
$ 5,000-7,000
ਠ͋ ڡზᛧᕡ७⋧
Ը๕
van Goch ϗᔛd੻׵1930ϋ˾
Polak Works of Artdڛ֍౶तʗd2008ϋ
G Drum ϗᔛdНψ

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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL
WINE VESSEL (JUE)
SHANG DYNASTY

the deep U-shaped body rising from three splayed
triangular blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a
guttered spout ! anked by a pair of posts capped
with conical " nials, the exterior cast with two
dissolved taotie masks with bulging eyes beneath
a band of upright ‘cicada’ lappets, one side set
with a loop handle issuing from a bovine mask,
oxidized overall with malachite encrustations
Height 6¾ in., 17.1 cm

PROVENANCE
New York Private Collection, acquired between
1945 and 1947.
Christie’s New York, 1st-3rd October 2007,
lot 633.
$ 4,000-6,000
ਠ ڡზᛧᕡ७ᐌ
Ը๕
ॲߒӷɛϗᔛd੻׵1945Ї1947ϋʘග
ॲߒԳɻ੻2007ϋ10˜1Ї3˚dᇜ໮633

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