WARRING STATES PERIOD, 7TH-6TH CENTURY BC
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An archaic bronze ritual tripod vessel, ding
Warring States Period, 7th-6th Century BC
The broad shallow bowl raised on three tall legs with vertical flanges, the rim with two upright curving handles, the bowl crisply cast with a frieze of interlaced birds below a raised band and plain rim, the legs indented on the inside to form an L-section and terminating in splayed feet, the bronze with an olive patina below areas of malachite encrustation
28 cm. wide
Warring States Period, 7th-6th Century BC
The broad shallow bowl raised on three tall legs with vertical flanges, the rim with two upright curving handles, the bowl crisply cast with a frieze of interlaced birds below a raised band and plain rim, the legs indented on the inside to form an L-section and terminating in splayed feet, the bronze with an olive patina below areas of malachite encrustation
28 cm. wide