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522 It is rare to find a pair of such fine quality ring handles, where the gold
A pair of rare gilt-bronze and inlaid ‘taotie’ ring handles and silver inlays are so well preserved. For a pair of slightly larger ring
Eastern zhou dynasty handles in the Miho Museum, Kyoto, see Ancient Art from The Shumei
Each finely cast in the form of a menacing taotie with ferocious eyes, Family Collection, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1996,
defined eyebrows and claws, its mouth fashioned into a loop and pg. 105, no.44, where it is argued that such a pair would have been
suspending a ring, each ring intricately inlaid in gold and silver with mounted on an elaborate lacquered wood or inlaid bronze object.
swirling patterns decorated with swirling scroll patterns, mounted on a
stand. 11.5cm high. (2). See also a related pair of taotie ring handles from the Pierre Uldry
HK$200,000 - 300,000 collection, in the Rietberg Museum, Zurich, illustrated in Chinesisches
US$26,000 - 39,000 Gold und Silber, Zurich, 1994, p.79, no.21.

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