A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC
A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC The pear-shaped body raised on a spreading pedestal foot cast on each side with a taotie mask formed by two dragons or animals confronted on a narrow flange, and with a small hole on the narrow sides, the upper body flat-cast with a broad band of two taotie masks centered by a narrow flange and reserved on a leiwen ground below a scroll border, with a pair of lug handles tapering to a vertical edge and cast with taotie masks, with a single graph cast on the base of the interior, with mottled green patina retaining some impressions of woven matting 9 3/8 in. (23.9 cm.) high
A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC
A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, HU SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH CENTURY BC The pear-shaped body raised on a spreading pedestal foot cast on each side with a taotie mask formed by two dragons or animals confronted on a narrow flange, and with a small hole on the narrow sides, the upper body flat-cast with a broad band of two taotie masks centered by a narrow flange and reserved on a leiwen ground below a scroll border, with a pair of lug handles tapering to a vertical edge and cast with taotie masks, with a single graph cast on the base of the interior, with mottled green patina retaining some impressions of woven matting 9 3/8 in. (23.9 cm.) high
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