Bonhams 1793 : An archaic bronze tripod wine vessel, jue Late Shang/early Western Zhou Dynasty

Late Shang/early Western Zhou Dynasty
Typically cast with three tall plain legs supporting a deeply-hollowed vessel with one sharp pointed end to the rim and the other shallowly hollowed as a spout, cast around the body with two taotie masks divided by vertical flanges on a band of leiwen, the simple loop handle over a single pictogram, the surface with extensive light turquoise shallow encrustation remaining, especially on the upper part. 19.5cm (7½in) high

Sold for £26,250 inc. premium

Footnotes

Provenance: Christie's London, 13 September 2001, lot 121
An English private collection

商晚期/西周早期青銅饕餮紋爵

來源: 佳士得，倫敦，2001年9月13日，拍賣品號121
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Compare a similar bronze jue from the collection of Anthony Hardy, sold at Christie's New York, 16 September 2010, lot 817.