Lot Essay
The inscription, Fu Ding, may be translated as 'Father Ding'.
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PROPERTY FROM A NORTH AMERICAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Details
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD WINE VESSEL, JUE
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Raised on three blade-form supports, the deep sides cast with two taotie masks formed by two oblong eyes, scrolls and leiwen compartmentalized within raised borders, one mask centered on the C-scroll handle issuing from a bovine mask and cast beneath with two pictographs, one of the posts rising from the rim with three chevron marks cast below the waisted cap, with mottled milky green patina and some malachite encrustation
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high, stand
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Raised on three blade-form supports, the deep sides cast with two taotie masks formed by two oblong eyes, scrolls and leiwen compartmentalized within raised borders, one mask centered on the C-scroll handle issuing from a bovine mask and cast beneath with two pictographs, one of the posts rising from the rim with three chevron marks cast below the waisted cap, with mottled milky green patina and some malachite encrustation
8½ in. (21.6 cm.) high, stand
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 14 May 1999.
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