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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL (JUE) LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH - 11TH CENTURY BC
Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description
- Bronze
of a deep U-shape, supported on three splayed blade-form legs, the body cast with a pair of taotie masks against a leiwen ground, the spout flanked by a pair of capped finials, the side set with a loop handle over a single pictograph reading min, the surface with patches of malachite and ferrous encrustation
Provenance
Property of Dr. Kiyoshi Hosoi of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Sotheby's Los Angeles, 13th October 1975, lot 12.
Christie's, lot 128 (according to label).
Sotheby's Los Angeles, 13th October 1975, lot 12.
Christie's, lot 128 (according to label).
Catalogue Note
The pictograph min is likely a clan name. A similar jue was sold in these rooms 20th March 2010, lot 10.
The present lot had conservation work done to it by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1993.
The present lot had conservation work done to it by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1993.