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Description: Chinese Art. A bronze tripod ritual wine vessel Jue China, Shang dynasty, 12th-11th century BC. Raised on three blade shaped supports, the body shows a band of taotie masks on a geometrical background and a pair of small capped posts rising from the trim. Green patina on the whole item, consistent with the dating. The item shows an archaic inscription, hardly readable, on the body in correspondence with the handle. The bronze age began in China during the 21st century BC, it developed during the 15th century BC and reached its apex between the 12th and the 10th century BC. The Shang dynasty ruled a modest part of modern China (a domain which included the Henan, Anhui, Shangdong, Hebei, and Shanxi provinces) from c.1700 BC to 1050 BC. This was the first civilization attested in ancient China and it is usually divided into two phases, the earlier Erlgang period and the later Anyang period, after the name of the last Shang capital. Bronze was used for tools, everyday objects and warfare, but most of all it was used to cast vessels for the worship of the ancestors, and, among these, vessels for wine were the most prominent during rituals. Inscriptions are usually found on Shang bronzes and they are mainly short texts bearing the name of the owner or the clan's emblem, with the aim of reinforcing the bond between the ancestors and the dominant clan. Provenance: European Private Collection, supplied with an expertise dated January 1989.. Cm 11,30 x 24,00.