THE ZUO BAO YI GUI A MAGNIFICENT AND IMPORTANT BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC the gui superbly cast raised on a square pedestal, the rounded body decorated on each side in high relief with a large taotie mask with raised eyes with rectangular slit pupils framed by curved fangs, ears and curved, hooked horns, bisected by elaborate bird-shaped flanges, the foot with confronted kui dragons with ‘bottle’ horns separated by four smaller hooked flanges, the everted rim set with a pair of massive loop handles in the form of birds with hooked beaks and curved wings, their tall legs and tails forming a pendent extension, their crest in the shape of a powerful animal head with pointed ears and an open jaw biting an upward bent flange, the integral square pedestal with small bovine masks in the four upper corners and large taotie masks on the sides, centered on each corner, with scale-covered horns, raised eyes, paired fangs and pointed leaf-shaped ears, separated by confronted birds with tall crests and curled tails and claws, all reserved on a finely executed leiwen ground, a three-character inscription on the bottom inside the gui, reading zuo bao yi, the surface with an olive-green patina Height 9 7/8 in., 25cm
THE ZUO BAO YI GUI A MAGNIFICENT AND IMPORTANT BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC the gui superbly cast raised on a square pedestal, the rounded body decorated on each side in high relief with a large taotie mask with raised eyes with rectangular slit pupils framed by curved fangs, ears and curved, hooked horns, bisected by elaborate bird-shaped flanges, the foot with confronted kui dragons with ‘bottle’ horns separated by four smaller hooked flanges, the everted rim set with a pair of massive loop handles in the form of birds with hooked beaks and curved wings, their tall legs and tails forming a pendent extension, their crest in the shape of a powerful animal head with pointed ears and an open jaw biting an upward bent flange, the integral square pedestal with small bovine masks in the four upper corners and large taotie masks on the sides, centered on each corner, with scale-covered horns, raised eyes, paired fangs and pointed leaf-shaped ears, separated by confronted birds with tall crests and curled tails and claws, all reserved on a finely executed leiwen ground, a three-character inscription on the bottom inside the gui, reading zuo bao yi, the surface with an olive-green patina Height 9 7/8 in., 25cm
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