Chinese Bronze Blade, Taotie

Chinese Bronze Dagger Axe in the Shang style, having a straight, slightly tapering blade, and decorative tang with taotie mask design to both sides, complete with perspex presentation case. overall l.

The columnar body rising from a square base to a flared mouth, cast around the exterior with taotie masks with bulging eyes and C-shaped horns, below upright lappet blade enclosing deconstructed beast

The body rising from three splayed triangular blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a guttered spout with a pair of raised scroll finials, the exterior cast with taotie masks, one side set with a loop

A Chinese bronze archaistic jue vessel. Body cast with a band of taotie design, one side with a handle issuing from an animal mask, raised on three blade-form supports, with mottled green patina. H: 8

The deep U-shaped body rising from three splayed triangular blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a guttered spout flanked by a pair of posts capped with conical finials, the exterior cast with taotie

The deep U-shaped body rising from three splayed triangular blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a guttered spout with a pair of posts, the exterior cast with taotie masks divided by three vertical fl

The deep U-shaped body rising from three splayed triangular blade legs to a pointed rim opposite a guttered spout, set by a pair of posts capped with conical finials, the body cast with two taotie mas

Of archaistic form with flared mouth, the exterior cast with taotie masks on leiwen ground beneath upright blades. Approx. 11.8-6 inch.

Chinese Shang dynasty bronze yue axe head. With a wide flattened blade and curved cutting edge. Raised t'ieh design on both sides. The haft is decorated with taotie masks in relief. Pierced with three

double edged blade with spear point, hollow ground fullers with silvered archaic geometric decoration, hilt cast with Taotie masks, l 61.5cm

宋或更早 銅雙耳饕餮紋三足爐 The bronze vessel with a pair of loop handles on the rim, and taotie masks reserved on a leiwe

Wt：2814gW：8 3/4in（22.2cm)H：9 4/7in（24.3cm)

Archaistic Chinese bronze helmet; one side cast with elaborate taotie mask in high relief; the entirety with silvered symbols and patterns; H: 8 3/4" (approx.); wood stand

A Pair of Chinese Bronze Taotie Vases, Fanghu of baluster form, chased with square panels amongst foliate scrolls, flaned by a pair of beast masks and ring handles, the underside bearing an apocryphal

inscriptions to one side, possible usage as currency, 6 in. Provenance: Collection of Max Loehr, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Professor of Oriental Art, Harvard University, 1960; by descent in family

Cast in petal-lobed yenyen form rising from a short splayed foot to a swelling body and trumpet mouth, flanked by a pair of loops gushing out of dragon's jaws retaining large mobile rings. Height 11 1

Archaic Chinese bronze blade; L: 21"; wood stand

Chinese Bronze Blade (6 7/8" length) with 3 Small Scholars Style Rocks.

(lot of 3) Chinese bronze blades: the first, with a zoomorphic head; the second, with three rhombus; the third, with a geometric pattern, largest: 15"w; Provenance: Property of Dr. Bernard C. Gerber

Height: 14.6 inches. Height: 37cm Weight: 5800g Provenance: From the collections of Mr. Ku from New York.

Chinese. The elegantly curved slender vessel resting on a tall foot-ring, crisply cast on the middle and lower sections with fine taotie masks against a ground of intricate leiwen spiral, all below th

A pair of Chinese gilt bronze taotie handles with suspending rings, in Warring States style, 12cm long x 7.5cm wideProvenance: From the private collection of a Gentleman, by descent from his father&#3

A Chinese, bronze spear, the blade is elongated, Chicken head crown shaped handle, three-character on the blade. L: 7.5" (19cm) Provenance: Owned by Francis J. Caro, Son of Frank Caro from Frank Caro

With gilding and red patina to body. Han dynasty. L. 18cm (7 1/8 in).