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Lot Essay
This rare small zhi is finely cast in relief around the flared rim with a band of taotie masks with inward curved horns. The mid-section is decorated with further renmian (human face) with bulging eyes and protruding noses, and the foot is cast with two groups of dragons. A three-character inscription, comprised of a kneeling figure followed by Fu Yi (Father Yi), is cast on the interior of the base.
A zhi of similar form and with similar decoration, but with an inscription reading Mu Yi (mother Yi) and complete with its cover, was excavated from south of Dasikongcun, Anyang, Henan province, M53, and is illustrated in Zheng Zhenxiang, “1962 nian Anyang Dasikongcun fajue jianbao,” Kaogu, 1964.8. pl. 1.1, and dates to the fourth phase of the Yin Ruins period.
A zhi of similar form and with similar decoration, but with an inscription reading Mu Yi (mother Yi) and complete with its cover, was excavated from south of Dasikongcun, Anyang, Henan province, M53, and is illustrated in Zheng Zhenxiang, “1962 nian Anyang Dasikongcun fajue jianbao,” Kaogu, 1964.8. pl. 1.1, and dates to the fourth phase of the Yin Ruins period.