ID 807401
Lot 828 | A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZUN
Estimate value
$ 40 000 – 60 000
MID- TO LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The body is cast with a double bow-string band at the base of the trumpet neck above three horned animal masks projecting from the edge of the shoulder, each each above a narrow vertical flange that bisects a flat-cast taotie mask with raised boss eyes. The tall spreading foot is cast with a narrow band of pairs of birds with backward-turned heads confronting a narrow flange. The interior is cast with a two-character inscription possibly reading gong zhu.
7 3/8 in. (18.8 cm.) across, padauk stand
Provenance
Alan and Simone Hartman Collection, New York, 1986.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | China, Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects |
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