A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE 'DOUBLE OWL' RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (YOU) LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH - 11TH CENTURY BC of oval section in the form of two addorsed owls, their rounded bodies supported on four stout legs, cast in low relief with four wings of simple curvilinear outline separated by a pair of ring handles, the domed fitted cover cast on each side with a pair of large round domed eyes centered on a sharp hooked beak, the heads further adorned with two pairs of C-shaped ears, all below a pyramidal-shaped finial cast with leiwen, the patina a mottled brown-green, the cover with malachite and cuprite encrustation, Japanese wood box (3) Height 7 1/2 in., 16.5 cm
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE 'DOUBLE OWL' RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (YOU) LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH - 11TH CENTURY BC of oval section in the form of two addorsed owls, their rounded bodies supported on four stout legs, cast in low relief with four wings of simple curvilinear outline separated by a pair of ring handles, the domed fitted cover cast on each side with a pair of large round domed eyes centered on a sharp hooked beak, the heads further adorned with two pairs of C-shaped ears, all below a pyramidal-shaped finial cast with leiwen, the patina a mottled brown-green, the cover with malachite and cuprite encrustation, Japanese wood box (3) Height 7 1/2 in., 16.5 cm
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