Chinese Archaistic Warring States Style Bronze Lidded Vessel with Bird Handles

Archaistic Shang dynasty (1600-1046 BC) style bronze 'double ram' vessel, Zun type. Of unusual form with a lovely verdigris patina. This wonderful bronze can be a unique vase or centerpiece, or singular decorative sculpture. Circa 1900 The vessel is heavily cast in the shape of two addorsed rams sharing the same hollow body that is raised on four legs and from which rises an oblong neck decorated on each side with a taotie mask below a band of diagonal scrolls. The body is etched with scales and the legs with archaistic spiral motifs. 14 inches high 16 wide 6 deep The shape and decoration of this unusual vessel are based on late Shang dynasty bronze...

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This very finely cast bronze urn in an archaistic form was made in the very late 19th century approximately 1895-1900. Done with an apocryphal feeling to honor the ancient past, the vase is beautifully rendered in low relief in bronze covering almost the entire body of the urn. The predominant features are the divided taotie masks that compose the swelling middle body of the vase and also at the corners of the upper section. Crisp but subtle, the casting is clearly handled with great attention to linear form. The patina is very nice and consists of a modeled golden brown with a slight but very lite Verdigris color. The urn has an old rosewood base and lid that seems to have been purpose made for the object. Finally, the whole is set off with a carved jade finial...