THE TIAN SHI BI XIN GUI AN IMPORTANT BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC the rounded body rising to an everted rim, finely cast on each side with a taotie motif with prominent eyes, C-shaped horns and detached body, flanked by descending kui dragons beneath a band of confronted kui dragons, centered by a pair of animal masks and divided by bovine masks surmounting loop handles in the form of birds with clawed legs and long tails forming pendent extensions, the high splayed foot decorated with a band of dragons with long noses centered and divided by small flanges, the smooth patina of green and dark gray color with malachite encrustation, the interior with a four-character inscription, reading tian shi bi xin Height 6 1/2 in., 16.5 cm
THE TIAN SHI BI XIN GUI AN IMPORTANT BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC the rounded body rising to an everted rim, finely cast on each side with a taotie motif with prominent eyes, C-shaped horns and detached body, flanked by descending kui dragons beneath a band of confronted kui dragons, centered by a pair of animal masks and divided by bovine masks surmounting loop handles in the form of birds with clawed legs and long tails forming pendent extensions, the high splayed foot decorated with a band of dragons with long noses centered and divided by small flanges, the smooth patina of green and dark gray color with malachite encrustation, the interior with a four-character inscription, reading tian shi bi xin Height 6 1/2 in., 16.5 cm
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