A LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR, HU
SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 1300-1200 BC
A LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR, HU SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 1300-1200 BC The pear-shaped body of oval section flat-cast around the sides with two registers displaying large taotie masks with rounded eyes on each side, and separated by a narrow band comprised of four taotie masks, the masks on the belly surmounted by pairs of dragons and flanked by inverted dragons, while the masks on the neck are flanked by small kui dragons below a band of pairs of dragons with backward-turned heads facing the lug handles cast with ram's heads, the spreading foot encircled by a band of long-tailed birds with backward-turned heads, all reserved on leiwen grounds, the base of the interior cast with a two-character inscription, with mottled light green patina and some areas of malachite encrustation 14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high, box
A LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR, HU
SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 1300-1200 BC
A LARGE BRONZE RITUAL WINE JAR, HU SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 1300-1200 BC The pear-shaped body of oval section flat-cast around the sides with two registers displaying large taotie masks with rounded eyes on each side, and separated by a narrow band comprised of four taotie masks, the masks on the belly surmounted by pairs of dragons and flanked by inverted dragons, while the masks on the neck are flanked by small kui dragons below a band of pairs of dragons with backward-turned heads facing the lug handles cast with ram's heads, the spreading foot encircled by a band of long-tailed birds with backward-turned heads, all reserved on leiwen grounds, the base of the interior cast with a two-character inscription, with mottled light green patina and some areas of malachite encrustation 14½ in. (36.8 cm.) high, box
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