Shang Dynasty Of rectangular section with high rounded shoulders, cast with eight large pendent triangular blades each enclosing a taotie mask above a small cicada and one with a central raised animal mask, each side with a broad band of further taotie divided by flanges against a leiwen ground below a band of domed whorls alternating with kui dragons, the shoulder cast with striding kui dragons on a leiwen ground flanking a high-relief bovine masks on the long sides and loop handles issuing from similar masks on the short sides, the straight neck with further pairs of confronted dragons divided by flanges, with a pictogram of a chariot and charioteers on the interior of the neck, Japanese box and cover. 39cm (15 1/4in) high. (2).