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Taotie



The taotie (饕餮 Pinyin: Tāotiè, Wade-Giles: t'ao t'ieh), known as Totetsu in Japanese, is a motif commonly found on ritual bronze vessels from the Shang and Zhou Dynasty. The design typically consists of a zoomorphic mask.



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