AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (GUI) EARLY WESTERN ZHOU, 11TH / 10TH CENTURY BC cast with a deep 'U'-shaped body, the sides decorated with large taotie masks bisected by a vertical flange and flanked by a pair of loop handles surmounted by bovine heads and ending in hooked tabs, all supported on a tall pedestal foot decorated with a band of confronting sinewy dragons, the raised decoration all reserved against a leiwen ground, the smooth surfaces with attractive green and dark red patina, the interior cast with a five-character inscription reading Bo Gong zuo bao gui (Bo Gong had this precious vessel made) Height 5 1/2 in., 14 cm
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (GUI) EARLY WESTERN ZHOU, 11TH / 10TH CENTURY BC cast with a deep 'U'-shaped body, the sides decorated with large taotie masks bisected by a vertical flange and flanked by a pair of loop handles surmounted by bovine heads and ending in hooked tabs, all supported on a tall pedestal foot decorated with a band of confronting sinewy dragons, the raised decoration all reserved against a leiwen ground, the smooth surfaces with attractive green and dark red patina, the interior cast with a five-character inscription reading Bo Gong zuo bao gui (Bo Gong had this precious vessel made) Height 5 1/2 in., 14 cm
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