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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE

LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The U-shaped body is supported on three blade-form legs and is cast with a broad band of two taotie
masks on a leiwen ground, one mask is centered on a vertical fange and the other on a graph below the
curved handle. The rim rises to a point opposite the spout which is fanked by two conical-capped posts.
7æ in. (19.8 cm.) high, Japanese double wood box

$10,000-15,000

PROVENANCE

Private collection, Japan, acquired before 1940, and thence by descent.
商晚期 青銅饕餮紋爵

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