Shang dynasty (c. 1600-1100 BC)
The slender vessel has a trumpet-shaped neck and spreading foot. The slightly bulbous mid-section has two flanges that separate two taotie masks, all between a band of raised circles, one band wit two star-shaped apertures at both sides. The spreading foot has a band of leiwen pattern on top and further archaic motifs below.
The whole has extensive areas of malachite and reddish encrustation
Height 25,5 cm
Provenance: Formerly in the collection of Ludo van Bogaert-Sheid Sotheby’s Amsterdam, 14 May 1990, lot 338
A Dutch private collection
Baron Docteur Ludo van Bogaert-Sheid was a world famous scientist who avidly collected early Chinese art. The collection was sold at Sotheby’s in 1990 and the proceeds were donated to the Born-Bunge Foundation in Antwerp.
WBO 05 商 青銅饕餮紋觚
時代：商朝，西元前1600至1100年。
特徵：器身中間有饕餮紋，展開的足部頂端裝飾雷紋。器身有孔雀石綠與赤銅色結殼。
尺寸：高25.5公分。
來源：原為Ludo van Bogaert-Sheid 收藏。阿姆斯特丹蘇富比1990年5月14日，拍品編號338。
