A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC The trumpet-shaped neck with four upright blades flat-cast with inverted taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground, above a narrow band of long-tailed birds, the middle section with two taotie masks with boss-like eyes divided and separated by slender notched flanges repeated on the spreading foot cast with a narrow band of confronted birds above a band of two pairs of confronted dragons, with mottled green patina and areas of malachite encrustation 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC The trumpet-shaped neck with four upright blades flat-cast with inverted taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground, above a narrow band of long-tailed birds, the middle section with two taotie masks with boss-like eyes divided and separated by slender notched flanges repeated on the spreading foot cast with a narrow band of confronted birds above a band of two pairs of confronted dragons, with mottled green patina and areas of malachite encrustation 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
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