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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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