A BRONZE RITUAL WINE VESSEL, GULATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BCThe flaring trumpet neck is cast with four scroll-filled blades rising from a narrow band of cicadas above the mid-section cast with two taotie masks divided and separated by notched flanges, which are repeated on the spreading foot below a further narrow band of cicadas, all reserved on a leiwen ground. The interior of the foot is cast with a four-character inscription.10 3⁄8 in. (26.3 cm.) high