Lot 984
984
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LIDING
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LIDING

EARLY SHANG DYNASTY, ERLIGANG PERIOD, CIRCA 1500 BC

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AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LIDING
EARLY SHANG DYNASTY, ERLIGANG PERIOD, CIRCA 1500 BC
The vessel is raised on three tapering hollow supports positioned below each deep lobe. The lower body is cast in thread relief with a double zigzag band, and a scroll band is cast below the flared rim from which rises a pair of bail handles. The vessel has a mottled grey and milky green patina.
7¾ in. (19.7 cm.) high, box
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1991.
The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong.

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Lot Essay

Compare the liding, dated to the early Shang dynasty, of similar proportions, but raised on slightly shorter legs, and with narrow bands of circles flanking the geometric band beneath the rim, from Famen City, Fufeng County, Shaanxi province. See Shang Chou Dynasty Bronze V, Li Vessels, vol. 5, Taipei, 1990, p. 75, no. 19. Also illustrated, p. 73, no. 15, is another related liding of early Shang date, but lacking the double zigzag band on the lower body, from Wangjinglou, Xinzheng county, Henan province.

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