California Asian Art Auction California Asian Art Auction
 September 10, 2016  September 10, 2016

 Lot # 3111 
A BRONZE RITUAL WINE HU VESSEL    商晚期 青銅饕餮雷紋壺


  • Dimension: Height: 8 5/16 in (21.1 cm)
  • Estimate From: $28000
  • Estimate To: $55000

Finely cast with pear-shaped body rising from the flared foot to the waisted neck, the bulbous body cast with a band of geometric key-fret patterns, around the neck cast with band of taotie masks with bulged eyes, the domed cover decorated with taotie mask in relief surmounted with a cylinder topped with a domed cap. Late Shang Dynasty period or later.