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Sale Manager, Private Sales & Themed Sales
£40,000 - £60,000
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商(公元前十三至十一世紀) 青銅饕餮紋觚
Provenance: a Japanese private collection, prior to the 1980s
來源: 1980年代前為日本私人收藏
Bronze gu were among the most important vessels used in state rituals of the late Shang dynasty. Similar archaic gu vessels, Shang dynasty, are illustrated by R.W.Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M.Sackler Collections, Cambridge MA, 1987, pp.216-227.
Compare with a related archaic bronze ritual wine vessel, gu, late Shang dynasty, which was sold at Sotheby's London, 9 November 2016, lot 106.