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Jue (见爵)
Late Shang Dynasty, 12th century BC
Height: 17.7cm Provenance:
Kusaka Shogyado, Tokyo, Japan, December 22, 1958.
Collection of Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C.
The present jue is of elegant, upright form, with a long, upturned spout and a slightly shortened tail. A pair of posts with mushroom-shaped finials rises from the base of the spout. The vessel has a deep, rounded body and three splayed conical legs. A bovine-head handle is set at the side of the body, cast on the interior with the single-character inscription Jian.
Height: 17.7cm Provenance:
Kusaka Shogyado, Tokyo, Japan, December 22, 1958.
Collection of Mark S. Pratt, Washington, D.C.
The present jue is of elegant, upright form, with a long, upturned spout and a slightly shortened tail. A pair of posts with mushroom-shaped finials rises from the base of the spout. The vessel has a deep, rounded body and three splayed conical legs. A bovine-head handle is set at the side of the body, cast on the interior with the single-character inscription Jian.
