Chinese Archaic Bronze Ritual Food Vessel, Gui. The deep rounded sides supported on a high stepped base with an everted rim, cast around the body with four phoenixes, the shoulders surmounted by a pair of mythical beast heads issuing handles, the base cast with taotie mask, the surface of the bronze with some encrustations to the interior. {Diameter: 10 inches (25.4 cm)}. Property from a San Francisco Collection.