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- 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
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