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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
With plain trumpet-form neck above a pair of bow-string bands, the rounded mid-section flat-cast with a band of two pairs of dragons with rounded eyes centered on a narrow flange and set between narrow bands of circles, above two further bow-string bands, the spreading foot cast in similar fashion with two pairs of confronted dragons, with overall mottled green patina and green and ferrous encrustation
11 3/16 in. (28.4 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Private Japanese collection, acquired in the 1920s.

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