A rare pair of gilt-bronze 'taotie and figure' door handles, pushou
A rare pair of gilt-bronze 'taotie and figure' door handles, pushou
Warring States Period/Han Dynasty
Each handle finely cast in the form of a taotie mask with rounded eyes, surmounted by a smiling humanoid figure with muscular arms and chest, the masks' elongated beaks curled at the end forming a hook to suspend the flat ring handles, box. The handles 12.5cm (4 3/4in) wide; the rings 11.5cm (4 3/8in) diam. (5).
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A rare pair of gilt-bronze 'taotie and figure' door handles, pushou
Warring States Period/Han Dynasty
Each handle finely cast in the form of a taotie mask with rounded eyes, surmounted by a smiling humanoid figure with muscular arms and chest, the masks' elongated beaks curled at the end forming a hook to suspend the flat ring handles, box. The handles 12.5cm (4 3/4in) wide; the rings 11.5cm (4 3/8in) diam. (5).
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