A bronze beaker of gu type. Shang dynasty, 12 ...
A bronze beaker of gu type. Shang dynasty, 12th/13th century B.C.
A bronze beaker of gu type to the foot and the short middle section with vertical flanches with barely recognisable taotie masks in relief on leiwen ground. Marbled green patina. Restoration to the rim. Shang dynasty, 12th/13th century B.C.
Height 25.7 cm
** Provenance
German private collection, acquired in the 1930s in Japan
商 青銅饕餮雷紋出戟觚
來源:德國私人收藏,二十世紀三十年代購於日本
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A bronze beaker of gu type. Shang dynasty, 12th/13th century B.C.
A bronze beaker of gu type to the foot and the short middle section with vertical flanches with barely recognisable taotie masks in relief on leiwen ground. Marbled green patina. Restoration to the rim. Shang dynasty, 12th/13th century B.C.
Height 25.7 cm
** Provenance
German private collection, acquired in the 1930s in Japan
商 青銅饕餮雷紋出戟觚
來源:德國私人收藏,二十世紀三十年代購於日本