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9/2/2020 Important Chinese Art | Sotheby's

Impo rtant Chinese Art
New York |23 Sep 2020 | 09:00 AM EDT

Lot 575

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL (JUE), LATE SHANG DYNASTY
Estimate: 10,000 - 15,000 USD

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL (JUE)
LATE SHANG DYNASTY
商末 豐矢爵

the deep U-shaped body supported on three splayed blade-like legs, decorated on each side with a frieze of taotie mask
reserved on a fine leiwen ground, centered by a vertical flange and a loop handle, the long spout and pointed tail forming the rim,
surmounted by a pair of posts capped by conical tops with sunken whorl pattern, inscribed underneath the handle with two
characters reading feng (harvest) and shi (arrow), the surface with malachite encrustation

銘文：
豐矢

Height 7⅝ in., 19.5 cm

Provenance
Far-East Gallery, Toronto, 1972.
Topper Gallery, Toronto, 28th March 1998.

來源
Far-East Gallery，多倫多，1972年
Topper Gallery，多倫多，1998年3月28日

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