Warring States Period The vessel with flattened oval sides raised on a spreading rectangular pedestal foot, the main faces cast in relief with panels of tight abstract curling patterns arranged in five horizontal bands within copper-inlaid borders, the sides similarly decorated and applied with two taotie masks suspending a ring handle, all below a narrow band on the waisted neck and a copper band on the flared mouth, the body covered with light-green encrustation. 33cm (13in) high.