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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The gu is crisply cast in relief on the trumpet-shaped neck with four leiwen-filled blades above a band of four cusped quatrefoils with raised centers, and on both the center section and flared foot with two masks divided and separated by notched flanges, those on the foot below a narrow band of four dragons, all reserved on leiwen grounds. The interior of the foot is cast with two clan signs, one of which reads diao. The surface has a greenish patina with malachite encrustation overall.
12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.) high
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The gu is crisply cast in relief on the trumpet-shaped neck with four leiwen-filled blades above a band of four cusped quatrefoils with raised centers, and on both the center section and flared foot with two masks divided and separated by notched flanges, those on the foot below a narrow band of four dragons, all reserved on leiwen grounds. The interior of the foot is cast with two clan signs, one of which reads diao. The surface has a greenish patina with malachite encrustation overall.
12 ½ in. (31.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Christie's London, 17 June 1982, lot 10.
Topper Gallery, Markham, Ontario, 2000.
Topper Gallery, Markham, Ontario, 2000.
Literature
Noel Barnard and Cheung Kwong-Yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American, And Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, no. 1397 (inscription only).
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1984, no. 7051 (inscription only).
Wang Tao and Liu Yu, in A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's, Shanghai, 2007, no. 223.
The Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Yinzhou jinwen jicheng (Compendium of Yin and Zhou Bronze Inscriptions), Beijing, 1984, no. 7051 (inscription only).
Wang Tao and Liu Yu, in A Selection of Early Chinese Bronzes with Inscriptions from Sotheby's and Christie's, Shanghai, 2007, no. 223.
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