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Shang Dynasty, Anyang phaseThe slender vessel cast at the flaring trumpet-form neck with four blades each enclosing attenuated cicada forms with double eyes forming dispersed taotie masks in raised relief above a fine leiwen ground and extending from an unusual horizontal band of raised eye-centered cusped quatrfoils, the central knop cast with descending kuilong forming taotie masks bisected by raised knotched flanges separated from the lower band by paired relief 'bowstring' lines, the flanges repeated on the flared foot enhancing elaborate horizontal kuilong with c-shaped horns and well-defined snouts, the surface displaying a brilliant emerald green patina with vivid malachite encrustations on the exposed silvery gray surface. 12 1/4in (31.1cm) high