WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (CIRCA 1100-771 BC)

Of slender form rising to a wide trumpet neck, the slightly bulbous central section cast with two taotie masks in low relief centered on a shallow flange, the splayed foot encircles by a pair of confronting archaistic kui dragons in profile, the surface mottled with green patina and azurite encrustation overall.

H 28.5 cm