Meaning of taotie | Babel Free

Definitions

A motif depicting a gluttonous ogre, commonly found on Chinese ritual bronze vessels from the Shang and Zhou Dynasty.

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“The pot in figure 49 is very high-fired stoneware with a gray body burnt brown on the exterior where exposed to the flame. It has large t’ao t’ieh masks on the handles and a shape which resembles that of the bronze hsien.”

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