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SHANG DYNASTY (CIRCA 1600 - 1100 BC)
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A RARE BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER, LIDING
Shang dynasty (circa 1600 - 1100 BC)
Raised on three columnar legs, each lobe of the body cast with a horned ram's head with bulbous eyes centered on a slender flange continuing up into a narrow band of stylised dragons, all reserved on a leiwen ground, with a pair of loop handles rising from the inwardly canted rim, the patina of a dark and greyish-green tone, horn chipped, cleaned
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
Shang dynasty (circa 1600 - 1100 BC)
Raised on three columnar legs, each lobe of the body cast with a horned ram's head with bulbous eyes centered on a slender flange continuing up into a narrow band of stylised dragons, all reserved on a leiwen ground, with a pair of loop handles rising from the inwardly canted rim, the patina of a dark and greyish-green tone, horn chipped, cleaned
10½ in. (26.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Murray Collection, London.
Literature
Published in Albert J. Koop, Early Chinese Bronzes, London, 1924, pl. 2.
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Sale room notice
PLEASE NOTE THAT LOT 37 HAS A POSITIVE OXFORD TL TEST RESULT