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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL,
JUE

LATE SHANG/ EARLY WESTERN ZHOU
DYNASTY (LATE 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC)

晚商/西周 青銅饕餮紋爵

銘文: 「 丙」

The exterior of the body is intricately cast with a taotie
mask separated by three thin vertical fanges, below
stylised blades encircling the mouth. There is a pair of
upright posts rising from the mouth rim and an animal-
form handle to one side, underneath which is cast a
single graph. The vessel is supported on three narrow
tapered legs. The bronze has a dark brownish-green
patina with some areas of malachite encrustation.

7º in. (18.4 cm.) high

£20,000-30,000 $32,000-47,000
€28,000-41,000

PROVENANCE

The Takeuchi Collection, Kyoto, Japan.
With Shogado & Co., Japan, before June 1982.
From an important private European collection.

(another view)

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