Description: CHINESE BRONZE WINE CUP (ZHI) the vessel is in the form of a standing owl with tiaotie mask and leiwen, the domed cover also with addorsed owls and square form finial - h:8.50?in.
Literature: A similar example of this model is in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, NY. From the Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection through the Live Oak Foundation, 1988. [1988.20.1a,b]