A RARE SMALL PAINTED BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING

HAN DYNASTY (206 BC-AD 220)

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A RARE SMALL PAINTED BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING
Han dynasty (206 BC-AD 220)
The compressed body raised on three slender legs and encircled by a median flange with two fish painted above and a lozenge band below, with a pair of pierced, upright rectangular handles, the domed cover painted with a dragon, its long slender body undulating around three small applied birds that form the feet of the cover when inverted, all in red, white, black and pale green; containing original contents, now dry and of malachite color
5¾in. (14.6cm.) across handles

Lot Essay

See the footnote to the preceding lot.
The group of vessels in the Royal Ontario Museum includes a ding and cover similar to the present lot. Like the covered hu in the Royal Ontario Museum, the present ding also contains the remains of a substance, probably grain, that was placed in it at the time of burial.

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