A BRONZE 'TAOTIE' FOOD RITUAL VESSEL GUI

The body rising to an everted rim from tall splayed foot, finely cast around exterior with four large taotie masks reserved on leiwen ground, beneath a band of scrolled motif divided by two bovine mas

CHINESE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (GUI), W 6":Rounded body raised on a hollow pedestal foot accented with snake forms, above a symmetrical mask of taotie to either side. Two other masks of bats surmou

獸面紋雙耳青銅簋 The swelling body is cast in relief on each side with a large taotie mask, above a key-fret band, with a pair of loop handles cast at t

Chinese Archaic Gui Bronze Censer 5.25''x9.5''. Ritual food vessel dates to the Western Zhou dynasty. Relief taotie masks with figural handles. Heavy verdigris patina. Zhou Period (1028-221 BCE). Priv

A Chinese archaic style bronze ritual food vessel, Gui, probably Western Zhou Dynasty, raised on circular foot with stylized animal masks, the compressed globular body cast with concave horizontal ban

A Wonderful Bronze 'Taotie' Tripod Ritual Food Vessel, Ding . Supported on three columnar legs, body is cast with archaistic motifs and a pair of upright loop handles. From The Ancient Times. Size:27.

An Archaic Bronze 'Taotie' Quadripod Ritual Food Vessel, Ding , With Inscriptions. Supported on four columnar legs, body is cast with archaistic motifs and a pair of upright loop handles. From The Anc

A SHANG DYNASTY STYLE CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAIC RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (GUI), of circular form flanked by two handles with applied decoration and animal head ornaments, two sides of the bowl and stand decora

A SHANG DYNASTY STYLE CHINESE BRONZE ARCHAIC RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (GUI), of circular form flanked by two handles with applied decoration and animal head ornaments, two sides of the bowl and stand decora

LARGE BRONZE COVERED GUI VESSELLarge and archaistic, Chinese, Western Zhou-style, covered bronze ritual food gui tripod vessel; the body channeled and with borders of interlocking bands and masks, wit

The ritual food vessel,fangyi is of a rectagle body with taotie mask on the belly and more archiastic patterns on the foot. The cover is in the shape of a roof and is carved with archiastic patterns w

A Chinese copper vessel, Gui, a traditional ritual container of Bronze Age China, ca. 1000 BC. Footed round piece with loop handles on the sides. The item is garnished with embossed geometrical orname

3 Chinese Bronze Incense Burners: 2 shaped as Gui Ritual Food Vessels with silver wire inlay, 1 with Shi Sou mark to base and 1 with cast Dragon Medallion to base; together with a vase shaped incense

Antique Chinese Zhou-style, bronze covered tripod ritual gui (food container) vessel; the globular body with channeled grooving, with animal-headed handles, matching cover with opening to the

An Archaistic Bronze Food Vessel, Gui the rounded body supported on a raised foot and rising to a flared mouth, cast with a narrow band of confronting dragons to the foot, and taotie masks to the body

The archaic bronze ritual vessel gui is of rectangular form with bulbous body and every round rim, two S shaped handles leans downwards, body depicts archaic taotie masks, two beast mask handles mount

The archaic bronze ritual vessel is of bulbous form, cast on the exterior with scrolling taotie masks, mythical beasts, and key-fret patterns, two beast handles mounted on the side, archaic text inscr

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

Chinese bronze yu form ritual food vessel, with an everted rim above a band with taotie masks and stylized dragons above a body with a diamond pattern and raised bosses, the splayed foot with repeated

An Ancient Bronze Tripod 'Animal Mask' Ritual Food Vessel, Ding , With Inscriptions. Raised on three columnar legs, the body flat-cast with taotie masks and dense scrolls, all reserved on leiwen groun

Western Zhou-Style Bronze Fangding VesselLarge Chinese Western Zhou-style bronze ritual food vessel (fangding); of square form with two loop handles resting upon four legs with taotie masks with rams

The archaic bronze zun ritual vessel is of tapering form, body carved with taotie masks and archaic patterns, the top mounted with a mythical beast on the lid as finial, reverse incised with archaic t

Dimension: 3.9 x 4.5 inches, 10 x 11.5cm. Weight: 657g

The archaic bronze ritual vessel is of ovoid form, stands on three cylindrical feet, with straight tubular spout and beast handle, complete with attached domed lid, body depicts archaic patterns. Heig