商晚期 青銅饕餮紋觚 帶銘文 Of slender waisted form, crisply cast around the mid-section with pairs of taotie masks with raised eyes divided by notched flanges, the splayed foot similarly decorated, the tall flared neck encircled by four upright triangular blades, the underside cast with one pictogram. The surface with areas of malachite encrustation. Late Shang Dynasty period. 此觚為典型商晚期風格，敞口，長頸，三段式。高圈足下部外馳，並有較高折沿。頸部飾雷紋紋組成的蕉葉紋。蕉葉紋下飾追逐式蛇紋一週。腹部與圈足部分由兩條弦紋分開。腹部及其以下飾有雷紋錦地。錦地之上飾分解試卷角獸面紋。圈足部分的獸面紋獸角之上還有一夔龍紋，獸面紋及夔龍紋亦以雷紋為飾，整體紋樣裝飾纖細，腹部及其以下有四組齒狀脊棱，圈足內刻族徽。此觚品相完好，包漿自然，紋飾分明，鑄造精密，十分難得。來源: 南加州重要私人收藏