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THE GE ZU JI GUI A LARGE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH-10TH CENTURY BC The body is cast in low relief on each side with the disconnected parts of a taotie mask below a further band of birds centered on each side by an animal mask cast in high relief. The vessel is raised on a tall spreading foot encircled by a band of birds centered on each side by a narrow flange. The large C-scroll handles are each surmounted by an animal head and terminate in a pendent tab cast with the claws and tail feathers of a bird. A three-character inscription is cast on the base of the interior. The bronze has a silvery grey patina with malachite and cuprite encrustation. 15 in. (38 cm.) across the handles