Shang dynasty fang ding (ceremonial food vessel). If you ask me, the taotie design looks an awful lot like the Forest God from Princess Mononoke.

Posted on September 17th at 12:06 AM
Tagged as: china. ancient china. zhou dynasty. chinese bronze. taotie.

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