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521 See a similar excavated example unearthed at Yi district, Hebei province
A large pair of archaic bronze ‘taotie’ mask handles in 1966, now in the Cultural Relics Institute, Hebei province, illustrated
in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji 9. Eastern Zhou 3, Beijing, 1997, p.145,
Western Han dynasty no.143. See also another pair taotie ring handles, illustrated by Jessica
Each heavily cast in the form of a pierced taotie mask showing defined Rawson & Emma Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong
Kong, 1990, p.171, no.74.
rounded eyes, protruding from a prominent horizontal trapezoid shaft at
the rear, its elongated nostrils curled at the end forming a hollow ring,
further suspending a loose circular ring handle.
Each: 20cm high. (2).
HK$120,000 - 180,000
US$15,000 - 23,000
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