A rare archaic bronze ritual wine vessel (Jiao), Late Shang dynasty | 商末 史角
A rare archaic bronze ritual wine vessel (Jiao)
Late Shang dynasty
商末 史角
the deep U-shaped body resting on three splayed triangular blade legs, finely cast on each side with a taotie mask detailed with protruding eyes, all reserved on an intricate leiwen ground, divided on one side by a notched flange, and on the other by a vertical panel cast with an inscription reading shi, beneath the loop handle issuing from a bovine head, the slightly waisted neck rising to two high flaring points on opposite sides, each cast on the underside with a cicada motif interrupting a band of upright triangles, the surface with malachite encrustation
銘文:
史
Height 9½ in., 24 cm
One leg has a consolidated crack encircling near the top. The other two legs with old replacement repairs. The body with some minor shallow losses to the design on one side. X-Ray available upon request.
一足上部見一道細裂經加固。另外兩足經老接補。器身一側紋飾見些許輕微剝落。X光片可供索取。
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Wui Po Kok Antique Co, Ltd., Hong Kong, 1998.
來源
滙寶閣古美術,香港,1998年
出版
彭銳查及張立東,《The MacLean Collection: Chinese Ritual Bronzes》,芝加哥,2010年,圖版9