Shang dynasty, 13th century BCEEach tall, slender vessel with a flared trumpet mouth finely cast with four blades enclosing two rows of leiwen, the central section and flared foot similarly cast with elaborate taotie masks set off by four vertical notched flanges and separated by paired raised horizontal bands, the underside each with a single pictogram on the interior of each foot, the vessel covered in and out with malachite encrustations and burial earth.10 3/4in (27.4cm) high; 6 3/8in (16.2cm) and 6 7/8in (17.5cm) diameter of mouth (2).,转到 Chinese Works of Art Go
注脚:商 公元前十三世紀 青銅觚兩件Provenance:Sotheby's New York, March 19, 2007, Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art, including Property from the Collection of the Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, New York, lot 530, published as Acquired from a Californian Collector, 1992來源：蘇富比紐約，2007年3月19日，拍品編號530