A RARE BRONZE FOOD VESSEL, DING

ARCHAIC BRONZES

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A RARE BRONZE FOOD VESSEL, DING
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH/11TH CENTURY BC

The tri-lobed deep bowl set on three legs and with squared loops set on the short everted lip, the body boldly cast with a well defined taotie on a leiwen ground flanked by pairs of descending dragons, cast with a four-character pictogram on the side of the interior, the exterior with extensive blackened inlay, the patina of mottled milky green tone (minor repair)
8 1/8 in. (20.4 cm.) high, box

Provenance

The Hwa Family Collection, sold at Sotheby's London, 15 March 1973, lot 412.

Lot Essay

Acquired by the present owner in December 1973.

Compare with three similar examples, all illustrated by R. W. Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Harvard University Press, 1987, nos. 93, 94, and 95.

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