SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC

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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
The bulbous body raised on three short legs, the sides encircled by three narrow bands flat-cast with interlocking S-shaped dragons, the upper band interrupted by a pair of mask and loose ring handles, with two further dragon bands on the cover encircling a center medallion cast with a whorl motif, the outer band overlaid with three reclining bovines cast in the round, with mottled dark grey and bronze patina and malachite, ferrous and some azurite encrustation
10 in. (25.5 cm.) across handles

Provenance

Acquired by Walter Hochstadter prior to 1997 and gifted to Alice Chu, Mr. Hochstadter's companion in Australia, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

A ding and cover of this unusual type, with recumbent buffalos on the cover, but flat-cast bands of ropetwist, dated to the early 5th century BC, from Shanxi Zhangzi county, is illustrated by J. So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, p. 157, fig. 19.2. The author notes, p. 156, that vessels of this "sparsely decorated type" have turned up in excavations in Shanxi and Henan.

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