A pair of bronze 'mask and loose ring' fittingsWarring States/ Western Han Dynasty
Each taotie crisply cast with tufted ears and incurved horns framing a stylised owl mask, above a central crest descending to a loop nose supporting a thick ring, flanked by bulging eyes, all embellished with fine leiwen patterns, stands.
Each 12.8cm (5 in) wide (4).注脚Provenance Sotheby's, Early Chinese works of Art, London, 11 December 1990, lot 8.
Entwistle, London, B070 (labels).