TWO GILT-BRONZE 'TAOTIE' FITTINGS HAN DYNASTY

each cast with bulging eyes, flanked by curving leaf-shaped ears, beneath upcurved bovine horns with hollow tips, the wide upper jaw defined by an out-curved snout forming a hook set to either side with a pair of hooked fangs, the surface with scattered green encrustation (2)

Collection of William O'Donnell (1924-2013), Los Angeles, California.
Collection of F. Bailey Vanderhoef (1913-2008), Ojai, California, acquired circa 1965-69.