An archaic bronze ritual wine vessel, Jue Shang Dynasty The vessel with a deep U-shaped body rising from three splayed triangular blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a guttered spout flanked by a pair of posts capped with conical 'fire-whorl' medallions, the exterior boldly cast with two taotie masks with bulging eyes separated by flanges, one side set with a loop handle issuing from a bovine mask, a pictogram under the handle. 19.5cm (7 5/8in) high. Fußnoten 商 青銅饕餮紋爵 A bronze jue, 12th-11th century BC, of similar form and decoration is illustrated by R.Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Washington D.C., 1987, p.195, pl.18 and p.251, fig.36.2. Further examples can be found in the collection of the British Museum, see W.Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1977, pl.10b; and in the Shanghai Museum, see Shanghai Museum: Ancient Chinese Bronze Gallery, Shanghai, p.9. See also two jue with similar taotie designs, illustrated by C.Deydier, Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Paris, 1995, p.250, pl.3. A related bronze jue, Shang dynasty, was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2019, lot 3.
An archaic bronze ritual wine vessel, Jue Shang Dynasty The vessel with a deep U-shaped body rising from three splayed triangular blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a guttered spout flanked by a pair of posts capped with conical 'fire-whorl' medallions, the exterior boldly cast with two taotie masks with bulging eyes separated by flanges, one side set with a loop handle issuing from a bovine mask, a pictogram under the handle. 19.5cm (7 5/8in) high. Fußnoten 商 青銅饕餮紋爵 A bronze jue, 12th-11th century BC, of similar form and decoration is illustrated by R.Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Washington D.C., 1987, p.195, pl.18 and p.251, fig.36.2. Further examples can be found in the collection of the British Museum, see W.Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1977, pl.10b; and in the Shanghai Museum, see Shanghai Museum: Ancient Chinese Bronze Gallery, Shanghai, p.9. See also two jue with similar taotie designs, illustrated by C.Deydier, Archaic Chinese Bronzes, Paris, 1995, p.250, pl.3. A related bronze jue, Shang dynasty, was sold at Bonhams London, 16 May 2019, lot 3.
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