Shang Dynasty|The vessel with a deep U-shaped body rising from three splayed triangular blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a guttered spout flanked by a pair of posts capped with conical 'fire-whorl' medallions, the exterior boldly cast with two taotie masks with bulging eyes separated by flanges, one side set with a loop handle issuing from a bovine mask. 19.8cm (7 6/8in) high|商 青銅饕餮紋爵Provenance: a Dutch private collectionA European private collection來源： 荷蘭私人舊藏歐洲私人收藏A bronze jue, 12th-11th century BC, of similar form and decoration is illustrated by R.Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collection, Washington D.C., 1987, p.195, pl.18 and p.251, fig.36.2. A related bronze jue, Shang dynasty, was sold in our Hong Kong Rooms, 26 May 2014, lot 193.