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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, POU

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$ 237 500
Auction dateClassic
18.03.2021 08:30UTC -04:00
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CHRISTIE'S
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USA, New York
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ID 492151
Lot 503 | A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, POU
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, POU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
The bulbous body is flat cast around the sides with a wide frieze of three large taotie masks formed by pairs of dragons with large eyes, scroll-filled bodies and raised tails confronted on a narrow flange, each mask bordered by slender descending dragons, below a band of nine dragons with rounded eyes, hooked beaks and coiled tails, all facing in the same direction, on the sloping shoulder below three bowstring bands that rise to the everted rim, the whole raised on a high, slightly flared foot encircled by a narrow band formed by three panels of scrolls below three apertures. The vessel has allover light malachite encrustation and some areas of brownish-grey patina.
13 in. (33 cm.) diam.
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