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05 – archaic bronze wine vessel gu
SHANG DYNASTY, ERLIGANG PERIOD
CIRCA 17 / 16 – 14 CENTURIES B. C.
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H.: 14.3 CM
Archaic bronze wine vessel gu cast with a trumpet-shaped neck and SIMILAR EXAMPLES
a large widening foot. The central section of the vessel is decorated
with a frieze of large bands in the shape of primitive taotie masks of – Two very similar bronze vessels gu from the Shanghai Museum
a design that is sometimes called Loehr’s style II. are illustrated by Chen Peifen: Xia Shang Zhou qingtongqi yanjiu,
The vessel has a green patina with cuprite and sand incrustations. Shanghai (no date), vol. 1, p. 39 and 41.
– Another gu is published in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji – 1 – Xia
PROVENANCE Shang, Beijing 1996, p. 149 no. 150.

– Deydier Ch. / Oriental Bronzes Ltd, London, UK, 1995.
– Count & Countess Paul Lippens Collection, Brussels, Belgium, 1997.
EXHIBITED

– Deydier Ch. / Oriental Bronzes Ltd, Le Banquet des Dieux, Rituel
Bronzes of Ancient China, London Dec. 1995 – Paris, Jan. 1996,
cat. no 1.
PUBLISHED

– Deydier Ch. / Oriental Bronzes Ltd, Le Banquet des Dieux, Rituel
Bronzes of Ancient China, London Dec. 1995 – Paris, Jan. 1996,
cat. no 1.

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