AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL, LIDING SHANG DYNASTY the lobed body raised on three tall robust legs issuing from three taotie masks each symmetrically centred on shaped lobes and vertical flanges, all below a short waisted neck and broad everted rim, the metal patinated to a dark grey tone with even light malachite encrustation 17.8cm., 7in.
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL, LIDING SHANG DYNASTY the lobed body raised on three tall robust legs issuing from three taotie masks each symmetrically centred on shaped lobes and vertical flanges, all below a short waisted neck and broad everted rim, the metal patinated to a dark grey tone with even light malachite encrustation 17.8cm., 7in.
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