Lot Essay
A bronze you of similar size, shape, and decoration, but lacking the animal-head terminals, is illustrated by Jessica Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Cambridge, Massachusetts, vol. IIB, pp. 482-83, no. 65. Also illustrated, pp. 478-79, no. 64, is another bronze you of similar shape and size, but with narrow bands of dragons rather than taotie, which was subsequently sold at Christie's New York, 20 September 2013.