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A BRONZE TWIN-HANDLED VESSEL, GUI LATE SHANG -WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (12TH-8TH CENTURY BC) Each side of the body is elaborately cast with a bold taotie mask design, separated by a protruding animal head above a thin vertical flange. The spreading foot is decorated with a band of stylised mythical beasts. There is a pair animal-form handles, each with hooked pendant tail underneath. The interior of the body is cast with a graph, likely to be a clan emblem. The bronze has a dark brownish-green patina. 10 3/8 in. (26.4 cm.) diam. across the handles