Lot 886. A bronze taotie mask-form fitting, Warring States period-Han dynasty (475 BC - AD 220 ); 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) wide. Estimate USD 6,000 - USD 8,000. Price realised USD 11,250. © Christie's Image Ltd 2020.

Crisply and heavily cast in high relief with bulging eyes below prominent brows and with a protruding nose still retaining part of a loose ring.

Provenance: Barling of Mount Street Ltd., London, 12 March 1985.
The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection, Chicago.

Christie's. Sacred and Imperial: The James and Marilynn Alsdorf Collection Part II, New York, 24 September 2020