Lot 3191. Two gold mask-form fittings, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC); 1 7/8 and 1 in. (4.8 and 2.5 cm.) wide, 19 g. Estimate $10,000 - USD 15,000. Price realised $12,500. © Christie's Image Ltd 2015.

The fittings are of different size and shape, and each is cast in the shape of a stylized taotie mask, box.

Provenance: Acquired in New York in 1982.

Christie's. FINE CHINESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART, 15 - 16 March 2015, New York, Rockefeller Plaza