Lot 1135
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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
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A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU

LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC

Details
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GU
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high
Provenance
Collection of Captain Dugald Malcolm (1917-2000), England, before 1951.
Nicole De Bisscop.
Literature
Burlington Fine Art, Winter 1939.
London, The Oriental Ceramic Society, T.O.C.S., 1950-51, Vol. 26, p. 81, no. 66.
Exhibited
The Oriental Ceramic Society, Early Chinese Bronzes, London, 7 November-15 December 1951.

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Lot Essay

The present gu is associated with the early 'mature' style of gu from Anyang (late 13th to early 12th century BC) which all exhibit the same distinctive structure and the same decorative sequence of motifs. A very similar example is illustrated by R. W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Washington D.C., 1987, pp. 239-41, no. 33.

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