A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
SECOND HALF MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI SECOND HALF MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC The swelling body cast in relief on each side with a small taotie mask flanked by pairs of birds with backwards-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 allover pale milky-green patina 11½ in. (29.2 cm.) across handles
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI
SECOND HALF MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, GUI SECOND HALF MIDDLE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC The swelling body cast in relief on each side with a small taotie mask flanked by pairs of birds with backwards-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 allover pale milky-green patina 11½ in. (29.2 cm.) across handles
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