A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC Of pear shape and oval section, the sides cast in high relief with two taotie masks with bulging eyes and rams' horns, each flanked by two small bottle-horn dragons also with prominent eyes, as are the small eyes of the pairs of confronted birds with hooked beaks in the band above and the pairs of confronted dragons on the pedestal foot, with a dog-tooth band below the upright rim, the bottom of the interior cast with a bird-shaped graph, with smooth mottled grey and green patina and malachite green encrustation 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI
EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC
A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, ZHI EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC Of pear shape and oval section, the sides cast in high relief with two taotie masks with bulging eyes and rams' horns, each flanked by two small bottle-horn dragons also with prominent eyes, as are the small eyes of the pairs of confronted birds with hooked beaks in the band above and the pairs of confronted dragons on the pedestal foot, with a dog-tooth band below the upright rim, the bottom of the interior cast with a bird-shaped graph, with smooth mottled grey and green patina and malachite green encrustation 5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
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