ID 718517
Lot 712 | A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
Estimate value
$ 20 000 – 30 000
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep body is raised on three blade-shaped supports and is flat-cast on the sides with a band of stylized dragons below a band of cruciform motifs all on a leiwen ground. The posts that rise from the rim have conical caps cast with whorl motifs. An inscription, nan (son) is cast beneath the handle which is surmounted by a bovine mask. The patina is of greyish olive-green color.
8 3⁄4 in. (22.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 16 November 1973, lot 11.
The Property of J. R. H. Johnson, Esq; Sotheby’s London, 15 December 1981, lot 13.
Private collection, Japan.
Literature
Wang Tao and Liu Yu, A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's, Shanghai, 2007, no. 249.
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Shang dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Shang dynasty |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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