Vintage Chinese Bronze Taotie Altar Vessel Mesoamerican Nara period style gilt-bronze statue

Nara period style gilt-bronze statue of Miroku Bosatsu in a pensive pose

The original piece was made of limestone

the Graces are the daughters of Zeus and the ocean nymph Eurynome (or in some accounts

25" H x 14" W x 5

Traveling Man Treasures is selling this exquisite abstract/surrealist sculpture

Vintage Chinese Bronze Taotie Altar Vessel Mesoamerican Nara period style gilt-bronze statueTraveling Man Treasures is selling this gorgeous vintage bronze Chinese Yuan Dynasty style altar vessel replica. This altar vessel was approximately made during the 1970s 80s and embodies the craftsmanship of the Yuan Dynasty (pre Mongols) and holds cultural significance as a traditional Chinese replica. The vessel is a copy of an altar ritual vessel from the Shang period (c. 1100 BC), in a style known as archaistic, and decorated with bands of