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'Gui' Ritual Food Vessel with Attached Stand, Bovine-Head Handles, and 'Taotie' Decor
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Department of Asian Art
Private Collection (by 1944) gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1944.
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Anonymous gift
Title: 'Gui' Ritual Food Vessel with Attached Stand, Bovine-Head Handles, and 'Taotie' Decor
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