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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF ELLEANOR BAXTER
JUDD, OMAHA, NEBRASKA (1905-1986),
THEREAFTER BY DESCENT
139
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, GU
Shang dynasty 來源
The slightly tapered cylindrical body cast between a tall trumpet neck 內布拉斯加州 Judd 醫師珍藏，後由家族後人繼承收藏
and a flaring pedestal foot, the body and splayed foot cast with raised
flanges separating and bisecting pairs of taotie masks with raised Bronze gu were among the most important vessels used in state
eyes against a leiwen ground, with a pair of bowstrings dividing the rituals during the late Shang dynasty. See Shang dynasty gu vessels
body from the pedestal foot, the trumpet neck encircled at the base illustrated by Robert W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M.
by a band of four S-shaped serpents below four upright triangular Sackler Collections, Cambridge, 1987, pp.216-227.
blades enclosing raised ridges sporting hooked appendages against a
leiwen ground, the greenish-brown patina with areas of encrustation, Two similar gu are illustrated in Bronzes in the Palace Museum, Beijing,
the interior of the foot cast with a three character inscription partially 1999, pp.68-69, nos.40 and 43; and another gu dated to the middle/
obscured by encrustation. late Anyang period, is illustrated in Shang Ritual Bronzes in the National
12 1/8in (31cm) high Palace Museum Collection, Taipei, 1998, pp.280-283, no.411.

$50,000 - 70,000 See also an example was sold in these rooms, 19 March 2018, lot
8030; and another with similar decoration was sold at Christie’s New
商 青銅饕餮紋觚 York, 22 March 2019, lot 1510.

Provenance
Ellanore Baxter Judd (1905-1986) and Dr. John Hewitt Judd
(1899-1986),
Omaha, Nebraska, by descent

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