SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH CENTURY-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC

A similar tubular spout with animal mask decoration, and a similar low, rounded foot with rope-twist band can be seen on a yi of larger size (25 cm. long) from Shanxi Hunyuan Liyu, which is now in the Musée Guimet, and illustrated by J. So in Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington, D. C., 1995, p. 331, fig. 65.2. See, also, the yi of larger size (27 cm. long) with a more elaborate, high-relief mask on the spout, as well as on the handle, from Xiasi Temple, Xichuan, Henan province, and now in the Henan Provincial Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji (Complete Collection of Chinese Bronzes), vol. 10: Eastern Zhou 4, Beijing, 1998, no. 71.