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PROPERTY FROM A JAPANESE PRIVATE
COLLECTION
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL WINE
VESSEL (ZUN)
LATE SHANG DYNASTY
rising from a splayed foot to an everted rim, the
central section cast in relief with two taotie masks
with bulging eyes on a leiwen ground divided by
narrow anges between double bowstring bands,
the interior with a three-character inscription,
the dark brownish-green patina with some light
malachite encrustation, wood stand, Japanese
wood box (3)
Height 10⅜ in., 26.4 cm
LITERATURE
Minao Hayashi, Inshu-jidai Seidoki-monyo
no Kenkyu / Studies on Yin and Zhou Bronze
Decoration: A Conspectus of Yin and Zhou Bronze
Vessels, vol. II, Tokyo, 1986, pl. 2-467.
See catalogue note at .
$ 20,000-30,000
1986 2 467
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