THE JI ZU YI ZUN A SUPERB AND IMPORTANT BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC of cylindrical form with four heavy notched flanges on the sides, boldly cast around the slightly bulging waist with two taotie masks with rounded eyes, ‘C’-shaped horns, fangs and clawed arms, the splayed foot decorated with further taotie masks with rectangular slit pupils, upright horns and hooked jaws above the molded foot ring, the flaring neck with four upright blades filled with upward-looking kui dragons above a band of two pairs of confronted kui dragons, all reserved on a dense leiwen ground and detailed with intaglio, the surface with a smooth olive-green patina with light malachite encrustation, a three-character inscription on the interior of the foot, reading ji zu yi Height 12 1/8 in., 31 cm
THE JI ZU YI ZUN A SUPERB AND IMPORTANT BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC of cylindrical form with four heavy notched flanges on the sides, boldly cast around the slightly bulging waist with two taotie masks with rounded eyes, ‘C’-shaped horns, fangs and clawed arms, the splayed foot decorated with further taotie masks with rectangular slit pupils, upright horns and hooked jaws above the molded foot ring, the flaring neck with four upright blades filled with upward-looking kui dragons above a band of two pairs of confronted kui dragons, all reserved on a dense leiwen ground and detailed with intaglio, the surface with a smooth olive-green patina with light malachite encrustation, a three-character inscription on the interior of the foot, reading ji zu yi Height 12 1/8 in., 31 cm
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