AN IMPORTANT AND RARE BRONZE WINE VESSEL AND COVER, FANGYI
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
AN IMPORTANT AND RARE BRONZE WINE VESSEL AND COVER, FANGYI LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The tapering body of rectangular section cast in low relief on each side with a taotie mask composed of detached elements cast with leiwen divided by a notched flange, repeated at the corners and in the center of a band of kui dragons below the rim, and addorsed kui dragons on either side of the small arched openings in the foot, all on leiwen grounds, each facet of the roof-shaped cover with an inverted taotie below the knop finial, both the base of the interior and interior of the cover cast with an eight-character inscription within a ya -shaped outline, with heavy malachite encrustation on the interior of the vessel and malachite encrustation on the exterior and interior of the cover 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high, box
AN IMPORTANT AND RARE BRONZE WINE VESSEL AND COVER, FANGYI
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
AN IMPORTANT AND RARE BRONZE WINE VESSEL AND COVER, FANGYI LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The tapering body of rectangular section cast in low relief on each side with a taotie mask composed of detached elements cast with leiwen divided by a notched flange, repeated at the corners and in the center of a band of kui dragons below the rim, and addorsed kui dragons on either side of the small arched openings in the foot, all on leiwen grounds, each facet of the roof-shaped cover with an inverted taotie below the knop finial, both the base of the interior and interior of the cover cast with an eight-character inscription within a ya -shaped outline, with heavy malachite encrustation on the interior of the vessel and malachite encrustation on the exterior and interior of the cover 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) high, box
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