A large archaic bronze tripod wine vessel, (jia) Shang Dynasty, 13th - 12th century BC supported on three tall blade legs, the cylindrical vessel rising to a flared mouth set with two upright posts capped with mushroom finials decorated with sun-whorls, the body crisply cast with two horizontal registers, each finely cast with pairs of low-relief taotie animal masks formed by raised bosses for eyes, reserved on a leiwen ground, the bands interrupted on one side by a single loop handle issuing from the mouth of a bovine, the green patina covered with light malachite encrustation Overall height 14 3/8 in., 36.5 cm
A large archaic bronze tripod wine vessel, (jia) Shang Dynasty, 13th - 12th century BC supported on three tall blade legs, the cylindrical vessel rising to a flared mouth set with two upright posts capped with mushroom finials decorated with sun-whorls, the body crisply cast with two horizontal registers, each finely cast with pairs of low-relief taotie animal masks formed by raised bosses for eyes, reserved on a leiwen ground, the bands interrupted on one side by a single loop handle issuing from the mouth of a bovine, the green patina covered with light malachite encrustation Overall height 14 3/8 in., 36.5 cm
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