Sold for:
$1,659
$1,659
Bronze Ritual Wine Vessel and Cover, You , China, possibly Shang Dynasty, pear-shaped, raised on pedestal foot, the shoulder cast with a band of paired dragons confronting the flanges on each side, the domed cover with a similar dragon band below four segmented areas cast with birds, with a handle terminating at rings that attach to loops with bovine masks, all reserved on a leiwen background, ht. 9 3/4 in. (with cover). Areas of malachite encrustation, minor loss of detail to the knop
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-06-25
