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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION PROPERTY FROM AN AMERICAN COLLECTION
VESSEL AND COVER (DOU)
EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL
6TH-5TH CENTURY BC WINE VESSEL (GU) WINE VESSEL (JUE)
SHANG DYNASTY SHANG DYNASTY
the deep rounded body supported by a stem
and ared foot, anked by two loop handles on of waisted, cylindrical form with a wide trumpet the deep U-shaped body rising from three
the sides and a narrow band of decoration along mouth tapering to a slightly bulging belly and a splayed triangular blade legs to a pointed rim
the waist, lled with small triangles and circlets, opposite a guttered spout anked by a pair of
the same band repeated on the domed cover, ared foot, the belly cast in low relief with two posts capped with conical ‘ re-whorl’ medallions,
the central aring knob cast with interlocking pairs of bosses and a ange forming two taotie the exterior boldly cast with two dissolved taotie
serpents and dots, the bronze with a dark patina masks reserved on a leiwen ground, the foot mask with bulging eyes in high relief, one side set
and patches of malachite encrustation (2) similarly cast but without the anges, the base with a loop handle issuing from a bovine mask,
Height 7 in., 17.8 cm interior cast with a three-character inscription enclosing a pictogram
Height 11½ in., 29.2 cm Height 8¼ in., 21.1 cm
PROVENANCE
PROVENANCE PROVENANCE
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth, Acquired in the early 20th century. Acquired in the early 20th century.
Grosse Pointe, Michigan, acquired in the 1920s,
and thence by descent. $ 1,000-1,500 $ 2,000-3,000

$ 2,000-3,000 ⓮ġġġ曺戭棽棖䲳如 ⓮ġġġ曺戭棽棖䲳䇝

㜙␐ġ℔⃫⇵ℕ军Ḽᶾ䲨ġġġ曺戭Ṍ漵⸦ỽ䲳寮

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