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Relief decoration

The relief decoration with the stylized dragons is cast in two bands around the mouth of the vessel and on the cover. Pairs of these dragons can be interpreted as "taote" monsters' masks, which were the most widely spread symbols in ancient Chinese art.

 

 

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