WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, CIRCA 1100-771 BC

Compare the similar bronze chanfron from the Desmond Gure Collection, illustrated in Mostra D'Arte Cinese, Venice, 1954, p. 34, no. 63. Another bronze chanfron of this type, with a grinning animal mask, from the collection of Oscar Raphael, is illustrated in the catalogue of The International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-36, no. 231.