LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

A liding cast with similar taotie decoration, but of slightly larger size (17 cm. high) and more squat proportions, from Teng county, Shandong province, is illustrated in Shang Chou Dynasty Bronze V, Li Vessels, vol. 5, Taipei, 1990, p. 88, no. 32.