• Dimension: Height: 7 3/4 in (19.7 cm) Width: 6 1/2 in (16.5 cm)
• Estimate From: $8500
• Estimate To: $15000

Raised on three splayed blade-shaped legs, cast to each side with a broad register containing two pairs of taotie masks with raised eyes on a leiwen ground of asymmetrical scrolls, bisected by a low flange to one side, the other with a loop handle issuing from an animal mask containing a pictogram beneath, all below upright triangle lappets, flanked by two prominent post caps bearing whorl designs. Shang Dynasty period.

爵是上古青銅器中最具代表性的酒禮器。此爵杯紋飾精美，整器橢圓體，口部一端為前伸的槽形流，流口寬厚，另一端為尖短狀尾翼，流口及尾翼均上翹，近流根部的口沿設兩較高的菌形頂柱，頂部有乳突，並飾渦紋。深腹圓底，器腹下設外撇的錐形三長足，腹部裝飾饕餮紋，線條細膩清麗，腹部一側裝半環形鋬，下方飾一字銘文，鋬上部飾獸首，與整體完美貼合。此品形制規整、造型勻稱、紋飾華美。 張先生舊藏