AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
SECOND HALF OF MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI SECOND HALF OF MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC The swelling body is cast in relief on each side with a small taotie mask flanked by pairs of birds with backward-turned heads and long tails and crests, above a bow-string band, with a pair of loop handles cast at the top with a horned mask, along the sides with intaglio scrolls and at the bottom with a pendent tab, raised on a spreading foot encircled by a band of overlapping scales representing feathers, with an all-over pale milky-green patina. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) across handles
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
SECOND HALF OF MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI SECOND HALF OF MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC The swelling body is cast in relief on each side with a small taotie mask flanked by pairs of birds with backward-turned heads and long tails and crests, above a bow-string band, with a pair of loop handles cast at the top with a horned mask, along the sides with intaglio scrolls and at the bottom with a pendent tab, raised on a spreading foot encircled by a band of overlapping scales representing feathers, with an all-over pale milky-green patina. 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm.) across handles
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