CHINE, DYNASTIE SHANG (1600-1027 AV. JC)

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VASE TRIPODE EN BRONZE (DING)
CHINE, DYNASTIE SHANG (1600-1027 av. JC)
Reposant sur trois pieds, la panse hémisphérique ornée d'une large bande divisée en trois registres par des arêtes et décorée de trois masques de taotie ; inscription de caractères archaïques ; belle patine verte
Hauteur: 22,7 cm.(8¾ in.), Diamètre: 18,4 cm.(7¼ in.)

Provenance

C.T. Loo, Paris.

Further details

A BRONZE TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL (DING)
CHINA, SHANG DYNASTY (1600-1027 BC)

Lot Essay

These vases ding played an important role in the rituals celebrated by the king in memory of his ancestors. They were used to cook or contain offerings of meat and cereals for official banquets. A similar vase is illustrated in William Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London, 1962, ill.15a. Another very comparable ding is kept at the Guimet Museum and illustrated in Maud Girard-Geslan, Bronzes Archaïques de Chine, Trésors du Musée Guimet, Paris 1995, p. 24 and 25.

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