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SHANG EARLY CHINESE RITUAL BRONZES FROM THE DANIEL SHAPIRO COLLECTION | Daniel Shapiro 珍藏高古青銅禮器

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A FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU 晚商 安陽時期 青銅饕餮紋觚
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

The trumpet neck of the slender vessel is decorated with four elongated blades crisply cast in 觚侈口，長脰，直筒腹，圈足。脰飾四面蕉葉紋，內填雷紋地獸
relief with a dissolved taotie mask on a leiwen ground that rise from a narrow band of four kui 面紋，下接一圈四道夔紋，嘴勾尾翹。腹部與圈足各飾兩道獸面
dragons with hooked beaks and upturned tails. The middle section and the spreading foot are 紋，扉棱對稱分佈，分居四面，下接一圈四道龍紋，弓身折尾，
each cast with two taotie masks divided and separated by notched flanges, the larger masks 耳呈「C」形，長鼻。此觚包漿豐滿，青、赤銅鏽斑駁，古意盎
on the foot below a narrow band of four dragons with angular bodies, C-scroll ears and long 然。圈足內壁銘刻一族徽，「亞□」。
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snouts. The vessel has a rich, mottled patina of green and red color. Two graphs, ya X, are cast
on the interior of the foot, and can be read as a clan sign.
12 in. (30.4 cm.) high
$80,000-120,000

PROVENANCE: 來源:
J. J. Lally & Co. New York, 1988. 藍理捷, 紐約, 1988年。
The collection of Daniel Shapiro, New York. Daniel Shapiro 珍藏, 紐約。
EXHIBITED: 展覽:
New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Works of Art, 27 May - 18 June 1988, no. 31. 紐約, 藍理捷, Chinese Works of Art, 1988年5月27日-6月18日,
New York, J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Bronzes: The Collection of Daniel Shapiro, 編號 31號。
14 March - 5 April 2014, no. 3. 紐約, 藍理捷, Chinese Archaic Bronzes: The Collection of
Daniel Shapiro, 2014年3月14日-4月5日, 編號 3號。
LITERATURE: 出版:
J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Works of Art, New York, 1988, no. 31. 藍理捷, Chinese Works of Art, 紐約, 1988年, 編號 31號。
D. Shapiro, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, A Personal Appreciation, London, 2013, pp. 48-51 and 129. D. Shapiro, Ancient Chinese Bronzes: A Personal Appreciation,
J. J. Lally & Co., Chinese Archaic Bronzes: The Collection of Daniel Shapiro, New York, 2014, 倫敦, 2013年, 頁 48-51 及 129。
no. 3. 藍理捷, Chinese Archaic Bronzes: The Collection of
Daniel Shapiro, 紐約, 2014年, 編號 3號。

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