Shang style Chinese bronze double ram 'zun', 13"h

Shang style Chinese bronze double ram 'zun' or wine vessel, executed in the shape of two addorsed rams, the heads set in opposite directions and having scrolled horns, sharing the same hollow body decorated with taotie masks, from which sprouts a single cylinder neck with a leiwen band at the rim, the whole rising on four naturalistic legs, 13"h x 19"l x 7.5"w.
Provenance: From the Private Collection of Mr. Jack A. Belz of Memphis, Tennessee.