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20 – archaic bronze food vessel li
SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG / YINXU PERIOD
CIRCA 14 – 12 / 11 CENTURIES B. C.
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H.: 23 CM D.: 14.5 CM
Ritual bronze vessel li used to cook food. The body is composed
of three udder-shaped sections decorated with large taotie masks
with bulbous eyes topped by large C-shaped horns on a leiwen
background. The vessel’s three small legs seem to merge from the
mouth of the taotie.
Two semi-circular U-shaped handles are set on the vessel’s upper rim.
The vessel has a green patina.
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