A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE DOUBLE-SIDED POLE FINIAL LATE SHANG / EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY cast to one side with a powerful taotie mask, detailed with bulging eyes and flared nostrils below large C-shaped horns, the reverse with a raised mythical beast head with flat-ended horns sweeping back over the protruding eyes and the broad nose gently curved with a central ridge, pierced to both sides with square apertures, the polished surface with areas of malachite encrustation Height 4 1/4 in., 10.7 cm
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE DOUBLE-SIDED POLE FINIAL LATE SHANG / EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY cast to one side with a powerful taotie mask, detailed with bulging eyes and flared nostrils below large C-shaped horns, the reverse with a raised mythical beast head with flat-ended horns sweeping back over the protruding eyes and the broad nose gently curved with a central ridge, pierced to both sides with square apertures, the polished surface with areas of malachite encrustation Height 4 1/4 in., 10.7 cm
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