A WELL-CAST ARCHAIC BRONZE FOOD VESSEL, LIDING SHANG DYNASTY, LATE ANYANG, 11TH CENTURY B.C. Raised on three columnar supports, each lobe of the body cast in low relief with a taotie mask with bulbous eyes centered on a slender flange continuing up into a narrow band of confronted dragons, all reserved on a leiwen ground, with a pair of bail handles rising from the inwardly canted rim, the dark gray patina with mottled, milky green mottling and some blue-green encrustation 8 3/8in. (21.2cm.) high
A WELL-CAST ARCHAIC BRONZE FOOD VESSEL, LIDING SHANG DYNASTY, LATE ANYANG, 11TH CENTURY B.C. Raised on three columnar supports, each lobe of the body cast in low relief with a taotie mask with bulbous eyes centered on a slender flange continuing up into a narrow band of confronted dragons, all reserved on a leiwen ground, with a pair of bail handles rising from the inwardly canted rim, the dark gray patina with mottled, milky green mottling and some blue-green encrustation 8 3/8in. (21.2cm.) high
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