A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND A COVER, GUI
LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND A COVER, GUI LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY BC The sides of the vessel horizontally grooved below a band of dissolved taotie centered on a simplified mask on two sides, the ring foot cast with a band of hooked diagonals and raised on three faceted legs surmounted by animal masks, with a pair of C-shaped handles cast in intaglio with scrolls issuing from tusked masks with scrolled snouts, the pendent tabs at the bottom also cast in intaglio with hooks, the matching cover with a short cylindrical handle above grooved bands and a band of inverted taotie masks, the vessel and cover cast with different lengthy dedicatory inscriptions, with mottled pale grey and green patina 13¾ in. (35 cm.) across handles
A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND A COVER, GUI
LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND A COVER, GUI LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 8TH CENTURY BC The sides of the vessel horizontally grooved below a band of dissolved taotie centered on a simplified mask on two sides, the ring foot cast with a band of hooked diagonals and raised on three faceted legs surmounted by animal masks, with a pair of C-shaped handles cast in intaglio with scrolls issuing from tusked masks with scrolled snouts, the pendent tabs at the bottom also cast in intaglio with hooks, the matching cover with a short cylindrical handle above grooved bands and a band of inverted taotie masks, the vessel and cover cast with different lengthy dedicatory inscriptions, with mottled pale grey and green patina 13¾ in. (35 cm.) across handles
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