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802 A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL                             晚ਦǭ安陽時期ǭ公元前十一世紀ǭ青銅卣
               AND COVER, YOU                                       銘文:或ה「文ก目」及「文ก目父乙」
               LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 11TH CENTURY BC
               The pear-shaped body is cast on the shoulder with a band of   Ϝ源
               diamond-shaped leiwen centered on an animal mask in relief   藍理捷
 紐約
     年
               between borders of circles, and the rope-twist handle is attached to   +PIO 5  #JHHT醫⊂ 	         
 Ⅷ藏
 密蘇里州聖路易
               the narrow sides by loops. The domed cover is similarly decorated   藍理捷
 紐約
 編號
               beneath a segmented finial cast with cicadas. The interior of the
               cover and the vessel is cast with an inscription probably reading wen
               fu mu and wen fu mu fu yi respectively, and the base of the vessel is
               cast with a turtle design.
               9 in. (23 cm.) high
               $100,000-150,000
               PROVENANCE:
               J. J. Lally & Co., New York, 1993.
               Dr. John T. Biggs (1942-1998) Collection, St. Louis.
               J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4641.








































                       (turtle-form motif on base of vessel)  (inscription: interior of vessel)  (inscription: interior of cover)

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