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THE SHI GU A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The trumpet-form neck is cast with four leiwen-filled blades rising from a band of S-shaped serpents. The middle section and spreading foot are cast in high relief with the disconnected parts of a taotie mask reserved on a fine leiwen ground and divided and separated by notched flanges, as are those on the foot, which are set below a band of kui dragons. A single clan mark is cast inside the foot. The bronze has a mottled milky-green patina. 12 ? in. (31 cm.) high