Archaic Bronze Wine Vessel, Jue

Description:

Archaic Bronze Wine Vessel, Jue, China, possibly Late Shang Dynasty, raised on three slender, triangular-sectioned feet, the cylindrical body decorated with leiwen bands and flanges, with a loop handle on one side beneath the spade-shape rim and a long semi-circular spout flanked by two knobbed finials, ht. 8 1/4 in.

Provenance: Purchased in 1949 from K. Watanabe & Co., with original receipt.

Note: No technical examination done.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

corrosions; few pinholes; verdigris painted over in malachite green


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