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A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE
VESSEL, GU
Late Shang Dynasty
The vessel of slender waisted form, finely cast
around the mid-section with pairs of taotie masks
with raised eyes divided by notched flanges,
above a pair of bowstrings interrupted by two
cross-shaped apertures, the splayed foot similarly
decorated, the tall flared neck with four upright
triangular blades rising from a band of spirals, the
surface with areas of malachite encrustation.
27.8cm (11in) high

£25,000 - 35,000
CNY220,000 - 310,000

商末 青銅饕餮紋觚

Provenance: a Dutch private collection
A European private collection

來源： 荷蘭私人舊藏
歐洲私人收藏

A similar gu, late Shang dynasty, excavated in
Anyang, Henan, is illustrated by Li Jianwei and Niu
Ruihong, Zhongguo Qingtong ji tulu, vol.I, Beijing,
2005, p.118; another related example, Shang
dynasty, unearthed in Yanchuan county, Shaanxi,
is illustrated in Bronzes from Northern Shaanxi, vol.
II, Chengdu, 2009, p.155. A similar ritual bronze
wine vessel, gu, late Shang dynasty, was sold at
Sotheby’s New York, 18 March 2014, lot 6.

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