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A CHINESE INSCRIBED ARCHAIC BRONZE WINE VESSEL, JUE, LATE SHANG /EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (12TH-10TH CENTURY B.C.)
The vessel is raised on three blade-form supports, and the sides are finely cast with two taotie masks divided by narrow flanges against a leiwen ground, one mask is further divided by a flange, while the other divided by the handle emerging from a bovine mask with a cast standing human formed clan sign underneath.
商晚期／西周早期 青銅爵（公元前12至10世紀）
器作三棱刀形足，腹壁精鑄兩組饕餮紋，以細扉棱分隔，地紋為雷紋，其中一組再以扉棱分隔，另一組則由牛首形鋬分隔，鋬下鑄立人形族徽。
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日本大阪重要私人收藏
23.5cm high; 19.5cm wide
Sold for $5,000
Lot 129
The vessel is raised on three blade-form supports, and the sides are finely cast with two taotie masks divided by narrow flanges against a leiwen ground, one mask is further divided by a flange, while the other divided by the handle emerging from a bovine mask with a cast standing human formed clan sign underneath.
商晚期／西周早期 青銅爵（公元前12至10世紀）
器作三棱刀形足，腹壁精鑄兩組饕餮紋，以細扉棱分隔，地紋為雷紋，其中一組再以扉棱分隔，另一組則由牛首形鋬分隔，鋬下鑄立人形族徽。
源流：
日本大阪重要私人收藏
23.5cm high; 19.5cm wide
Estimate $10,000 - $20,000
Overall in good condition.
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