Chinese Shang Bronze Gu well cast with Taotie Mask sections and with unusual 4 flanges extending beyond the mouth; together with a Ming Qing (or earlier) cast Bronze Ding on three elephant and ball feet, the sides in high relief with Taotie Mask band and rope handles to mouth, a square seal mark to center of base. The bronze corrosion to the Gu has been partially removed and polished around the smooth outside areas and partially to the inside of the mouth leaving small pits in the old bronze; the elephant head ding retaining burial dirt. Height of Gu 12 inches (30.5 cm.). NOTE: A similar Gu dated to the Shang Dynasty with extended flanges was sold Sotheby's London, 13 July 2005, Lot 154 and where they mention another Gu from Anyang, Henan Provence found with similar flanges continuing beyond the mouth and with similar patterns and another "bold segment flanges" is on a Gu in the Freer Collection in Washington and illustrated Freer Chinese Bronzes 1967, Plate 10.