商晚期 公元前十三世紀 青銅斝

the deep rounded body resting on three blade-like legs, finely cast around the sides with three taotie masks with prominent eyes, open jaws exposing hooked fangs and C-shaped horns, flanked by a pair of descending kui dragons, each centered on a plain shallow flange repeated above the narrow band of confronted dragons, the gently flared lip decorated with upright blades filled with cicadas, set with two posts surmounted by a pair of large waisted finials, each cast with blades and interlocked 'T'-scroll border and with sunken whorl-pattern on top, with a strap handle on one side, a single pictogram cast in the center of the interior, reading ding

David H. H. Feliz舊藏
紐約佳士得，1989年12月2日，編號28
紐約蘇富比，2001年3月22日，編號3

The posts have been broken off and reattached. There is a restored crack on the strap handle; otherwise this piece is in overall good condition.
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此青銅斝體型碩大，花紋精細，為殷墟早期青銅禮器之代表作。