A SOLID BRONZE LIBATION CUP OF THE CHOU DYNASTY. THE HANDLE IS DECORATED WITH THE TAO-TlEH, OR OGRE HEAD … THE TAOIST IMMORTAL CHANC KUO succeeding rulersknown as Wu Tirose to much higherlevels of civiliza-tion, fabricatingweapons, diggingwells, buildingpalaces and govern-ing their myriadsof people withjustice andcelestial benevo-lence. Such in-deed was the fameof the first of thegroup, Huang Ti,the…
Art · Decoration and ornament
Internet Archive · University of Toronto, Robarts Library · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Illustrated catalogue of the important collection of antique Chinese porcelains, Sung and Ming potteries, ancient stone sculptures, carved jades and other hard stones, snuff bottles, Mandarin necklaces, bronzes, enamels, palace furniture and wall panels and a number of rare and fine ancient Chinese paintings of the Sung and Ming periods [electronic resource] : all of which are to be sold at unrestricted public sale by direction of the Chinese expert, Lee Van Ching of Shanghai on the afternoons herein stated (1917)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-liu-31289009872427-110-73.webp)
