LOT 385 A BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL (JIA) FOR WINE OFFERINGS, China, Shang dynasty, 13th/ 12th ct. BC. With a tri-lobed body, tapering towards cylindrical legs, the wide flaring meck set with two studs with domed caps, the curved handle emerging from bull's head. The body is decorated with a taotie-motif on each bulb, the two eyes surrounded by deep spiralling lines. The neck shows a narrow band with further taotie-motifs with hooked eyebrows, centred on three raised flangs and extending into stylized bodies. The handle is plain except for a raised rib, the bull's head detailed with prominent eyes. The grooves of the design contain malachite encrustations. - Provenance: Bought in 2001 from L.H.W. Investment & Trading Limited, Hong Kong. - Described and illustrated in: Regina Krahl: Collection Julius Eberhardt. Early Chinese Art, vol. 2, Hong Kong 2004, p. 12f. For a related vessel see Zhongguo meishu quanji. Gongyi meishu bian: Qingtong qi, vol. 1, pl. 24 and Chen Peifen: Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Shanghai Museum, London 1995, pl. 8.
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