Shang Dynasty, 13/12th century BC.With plain trumpet-form neck above a pair of bow-string bands, the rounded mid-section flat-cast with a band of two pairs of dragons with rounded eyes centered on a narrow flange and set between narrow bands of circles, above two further bow-string bands interrupted by two cruciform apertures, the spreading foot cast with two pairs of confronted birds, 24.7cm HighProvenance: from Private English collection, Hampshire