Lot 1527
1527
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING

EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH-7TH CENTURY BC

Details
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH-7TH CENTURY BC
The hemispherical body raised on three tall waisted legs, the upper body flat-cast with a band of paired stylized dragons below the pair of bail handles that rise from the inward-canted rim, with a silvery-grey patina and malachite encrustation
10 1/8 in. (25.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong in 1995.

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Lot Essay

Compare the bronze ding dated to the Spring and Autumn period, of slightly larger size (27.2 cm. diam.), but of similar proportions and cast with a band of dissolved dragon scroll on the upper body, excavated in Zibo, Shandong province, and now in the Zibo Provincial Museum, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 9 - Dong Zhou (3), Beijing, 1997, p. 1, no. 1.

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