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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, GU For a similar bronze libation vessel, gu, dated to the Shang dynasty,
Late Shang/Early Western Zhou, 13th-11th centuries BCE Anyang, circa 13th Century BCE, see J.J. Lally & Co., Oriental Art,
The central drum-shaped section and the lower body brilliantly and Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Jades and and Works of Art,, June 1994,
finely cast with a tight leiwen ground with occasional small bosses New York, 1994, no. 45, it has the addition of blades to the trumpet
indicating taotie and simplified dragon motives, the central section neck but otherwise shares many similarities.
and short spreading foot divided by a thin band pierced with a cross
design, and below two bow-string bands and a widely flaring neck, A gu from the Museum Rietberg, Zurich, of very similar elegant profile
a two-character pictogram cast in relief reading xiong li, to the foot with a slender drum-shaped central section and a dense but very
interior. shallow-relief design that form taotie, is illustrated by Christian Deydier,
10in (25.4cm) high Les Bronzes Archaiques Chinois, Archaic Chinese Bronzes, I, Xia &
Shang, Paris, 1995, p. 226, no. 2.
$70,000 - 90,000
The gu was a ritual wine vessel developed in the Zhengzhou period
商晚期/西周早期 公元前十三至十一世紀 青銅觚 (16th-14th century BCE). Earlier versions are squatter and more simply
decorated. This gu is a particularly elegant example of a classic late
Provenance: Shang design with many comparable types from Anyang, see Li Chi
J.J. Lally & Co., Ltd., New York and Wan Chia-pao, Studies of the Bronze Ku-Beaker (Archaeologia
Sinica, n.s., no. 1), Nankang, Taiwan, 1964, pl. XXXII and XXXIII.
來源:
藍理捷藝廊，紐約

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