拍品專文
In size, proportions and decoration, these ding bear strong resemblance to a group illustrated by Robert W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987, p. 487, nos. 93.1-7.
LATE SHANG/EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
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A Pair of Archaic Bronze Tripod Vessels, Ding
Late Shang/Early Western Zhou Dynasty
Each tri-lobed bowl with two loop handles on the rim and raised on three tall cylindrical legs, cast in relief with three taotie masks divided by descending dragons on a leiwen ground, the interior with a three-character pictogram, with heavy patination and areas of malachite encrustation
7in. (17.5cm.) diam. (2)
Late Shang/Early Western Zhou Dynasty
Each tri-lobed bowl with two loop handles on the rim and raised on three tall cylindrical legs, cast in relief with three taotie masks divided by descending dragons on a leiwen ground, the interior with a three-character pictogram, with heavy patination and areas of malachite encrustation
7in. (17.5cm.) diam. (2)