Beschreibung:

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, JUEShang dynasty
Supported on three splayed, blade-like legs, the U-shaped body elongating at the rim to a cupped spout at one end and a raised pointed tip at the opposite end, the rim topped with two short posts with conical caps each cast with whorls, one side of the body with a simple loop handle arched above a single-character cast inscription, the body unadorned save for three raised horizontal bands encircling the upper quadrant, the surface oxidized throughout with green, brown and blue encrustations.
7in (17.7cm) highFootnotes商 青銅爵
Provenance:
F. Kusaka, Shogado, Tokyo, 14 December 1958
Compare a related jue, with nearly identical decoration, sold in our San Francisco rooms, 16 December 2014, lot 8004.Read MoreAdditional informationAuction informationLOTS IN THE Catalogue WITH A "T" NEXT TO THE LOT NUMBER CONTAIN A US IMPORT TARIFF
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