A BRONZE FOUR-LEGGED RITUAL EWER, HE
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE FOUR-LEGGED RITUAL EWER, HE EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC The body divided into four lobes and raised on four slightly tapering legs, the shoulder cast in fine intaglio with a band comprising four large eyes cast in low relief amidst elongated quills and leiwen cast in intaglio, with friezes of flat taotie masks amidst leiwen cast on the neck and the domed cover which has a small loop on top and another to one side which is attached by a link to another small loop at the top of the C-scroll handle which is surmounted by the head of a ruminant and is set opposite a spout rising diagonally from the shoulder, both the handle and spout with intaglio decoration, with a three-character inscription cast within the cover and beneath the handle, the decoration with black inlay, with green encrustation 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
A BRONZE FOUR-LEGGED RITUAL EWER, HE
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE FOUR-LEGGED RITUAL EWER, HE EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC The body divided into four lobes and raised on four slightly tapering legs, the shoulder cast in fine intaglio with a band comprising four large eyes cast in low relief amidst elongated quills and leiwen cast in intaglio, with friezes of flat taotie masks amidst leiwen cast on the neck and the domed cover which has a small loop on top and another to one side which is attached by a link to another small loop at the top of the C-scroll handle which is surmounted by the head of a ruminant and is set opposite a spout rising diagonally from the shoulder, both the handle and spout with intaglio decoration, with a three-character inscription cast within the cover and beneath the handle, the decoration with black inlay, with green encrustation 7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high
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