饕とう餮てつ文もん

noun

taotie motif

Historical term for a stylized animal-face design found on ancient Chinese ritual bronzes, especially from the Shang and Zhou dynasties. Used in art history and archaeology.

See also: 饕餮

• この青せい銅どう器きには饕とう餮てつ文もんが鋳い込こまれている。

  This bronze vessel is cast with a taotie motif.

• 饕とう餮てつ文もんは殷いん周しゅう時じ代だいの儀ぎ礼れい用よう青せい銅どう器きに典てん型けい的てきに見みられる。

  The taotie motif is typically seen on ritual bronzes from the Shang and Zhou periods.