An Archaistic Bronze 'Taotie' Hu Vase

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明 銅仿古饕餮紋壺 The pear-shaped body rising from a tall splayed foot to a gently waisted neck, encircled by a wide band of taotie masks reserved against a leiwen ground, flanked by a pair of similarly decorated tubular handles, the base cast with archaistic inscriptions. Ming Dynasty period.

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