Chinese Archaic Bronze Ritual Covered Wine Vessel, Bian Hu. Each side of the flattened oval body cast with panels arranged in five horizontal bands and divided by raised borders, each panel with interlaced hooks and scrolls and an array of small feather curls, the shoulders with matching panels set with applied taotie masks suspending loose rings, the cover with matching design. {Height: 11 inches (28 cm)}. Property from a San Francisco Collection.