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THE RAN FU BING HE
A RARE AND FINELY CAST BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL AND COVER, HE
LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
The pear-shaped body is subtly lobed and flat-cast above each leg with a large bovine-like taotie mask with large rounded eyes reserved on a ground of leiwen. Two masks are centered by low flanges cast with chevron patterns, the third by a three-character inscription cast below the C-shaped handle surmounted by a bovine mask. The neck is cast with a dragon band between the top of the handle and the diagonally upright spout. The domed cover is cast below the finial with three inverted taotie masks, and has a single link that attaches the cover to the shoulder. The interior of the cover is cast with the same inscription as on the vessel. The bronze has a mottled grey and pale green patina.
13 in. (33 cm.) high