Chinese bronzes: Sacral wine jar in shape of horned owl, Shang or early Zhou dynasty
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Consten, Eleanor von Erdberg
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
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This bronze vessel for storing sacrificial wine is in the shape of a horned owl. The wings are shaped in the form of a snake with a t'ao-t'ieh (taotie) head. -- h: 20.5 cm.
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China, metalwork, bronze, book scan
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1958
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