AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL WESTERN HAN DYNASTY The bowl cast in shallow relief with a bowstring band atop an overlapped band interrupted by a pair of taotie masks cast in thread relief suspending loose rings, all below a sharply everted rim and raised on three supports, in the form of women standing with arms akimbo, each bare-breasted and wearing a short, textured skirt, the faces with broad features, the greenish-gray patina with some green and brown encrustation, restored--10 3/4 in. (27.3cm.) diam.
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL WESTERN HAN DYNASTY The bowl cast in shallow relief with a bowstring band atop an overlapped band interrupted by a pair of taotie masks cast in thread relief suspending loose rings, all below a sharply everted rim and raised on three supports, in the form of women standing with arms akimbo, each bare-breasted and wearing a short, textured skirt, the faces with broad features, the greenish-gray patina with some green and brown encrustation, restored--10 3/4 in. (27.3cm.) diam.
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