A GILT-BRONZE TAOTIE MASK AND LOOSE-RING HANDLE
Lot 1233 THE FLORENCE AND HERBERT IRVING COLLECTION

A GILT-BRONZE TAOTIE MASK AND LOOSE-RING HANDLE

CHINA, SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD (AD 222-589)

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A GILT-BRONZE TAOTIE MASK AND LOOSE-RING HANDLE
CHINA, SIX DYNASTIES PERIOD (AD 222-589)
The mask cast with bulging eyes below bushy eyebrows and a pair of horns in front of a five-peaked crest, the separate ring with decorated panels of birds
7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high overall, metal stand

Donald J. Wineman, New York, 1991.
The Irving Collection, no. 2986.