A PARCEL-GILT BRONZE ARCHAISTIC BEAKER VASE MING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY

of gu form, meticulously cast around the cylindrical body and the splayed base with formalized taotie masks separated by vertical flanges, the tall trumpet neck with upright blade-shaped lappets containing a deconstructed taotie mask and cicada issuing from a band of kuilong, all reserved on a finely detailed diaper ground