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Lot 8003

An archaic bronze tripod wine vessel, jue
Shang dynasty

Fine Chinese Works of Art
16 December 2014, 10:00 PST
San Francisco

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An archaic bronze tripod wine vessel, jue

Shang dynasty
Raised on three awl-shaped feet supporting an oval belly strongly cast with taotie masks composed of gui dragons centered at one side on a vertical flange and cast in high relief against a leiwen ground, opposite a C-shaped handle cast with an ox-head mask forming the center of the taotie mask and bulging 'eyes,' under a graceful spout set off by paired vertical posts cast with whorl patterns flanking the opposing pointed collar, the surface covered with a malachite and cuprite patina.
8in (20.3cm) high

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Provenance:
by repute, purchased from Mr. Javrotsky.
This object has been in the family collection since the late 1980s.

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