LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD STEAMER, YEN
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep bowl is cast with a band composed of three taotie masks below a pair of rope-twist bail handles that rise from the everted rim. Each mask is centered between the three bovine masks that are hollow-cast at the top of each leg. The bottom of the interior is fitted with a hinged grate pierced with five cross motifs. The bronze has a mottled grey and milky green patina.
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high

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Gisèle Cröes, Brussels, 1985.

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A very similar yen, from a Western Zhou tomb in Liujiacun, Fufeng county, Shaanxi province, is illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 5 - Xi Zhou (1), Beijing, 1996, p. 43, no. 46. Also illustrated, p. 42, no. 45, is another similar xian from Yangjiabao, Fufeng county, Shaanxi province, which has a similar taotie band cast in intaglio below the mouth rim, but lacks the cast designs accentuating the features of the bovine masks set atop each leg. Another similar yen from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections was sold in these rooms, 25-26 March 2010, lot 1007.