AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING

LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

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AN UNUSUAL SMALL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
Raised on columnar supports, the lower body with cicada-filled blades pendent below a band comprising three pairs of birds confronted on notched flanges projecting from shield-shaped masks, the cicadas and dragons cast in relief and reserved on leiwen grounds, with a pair of bail handles rising from the rim, cast with a single character, "Guang", at the rim on the interior, with grey patina and malachite encrustation
6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm.) high, box

來源

T.Y. King & Sons Ltd., Hong Kong, 20 October 1983.

出版

Luo Zhenyu, Zhen Song Tang jijin tu, 1935, 1.3.
Wang Chen, Xu Yin wencun, 1935, 1.7.12.
Luo Zhenyu, Sandai jijin wencun, 1937, 2.4.8, p. 156.
Zhou Fagao, Sandai jijin wencun zhulu biao, 1977, no. 157.
Sun Zhichu, Zhulu jianmu, 1981, no. 0044.
Chen Wangheng, Chinese Bronzes: Ferocious Beauty, 2001, front cover.

展覽

Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 1990, no. 17.
The Glorious Traditions of Chinese Bronzes, Singapore, 2000, no. 2.
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth, Hong Kong Museum of Art, 2002-2006.

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拍品專文

The single character, "Guang", which resembles a kneeling man with a mountain range in place of a head, is a Shang dynasty clan name.

Similar ding are in the Malmö Museum, illustrated by B. Karlgren, "New Studies on Chinese Bronzes", BMFEA 9, 1937, pp. 1-117, pl. IV, no. 80; in the Museum Rietberg, illustrated by H. Brinker, Bronzes aus dem alten China, Museum Rietberg, 1975, pp. 28-9, no. 1; in the F. Brodie Lodge Collection, illustrated by W. Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, pl. 12c, where the cicadas appear to be flat-cast; and in the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst, Köln, illustrated in Meisterwerke aus China, Korea und Japan, 1977, p. 24, no. 9. Another is illustrated in Chinese Art from the Collection of H.M. King Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden, Asia House Gallery, New York, 1966, p. 22, pl. 2. See, also, the ding included in the exhibition, Jadequell und Wolkenmeer, 5000 Jahre chinesischer Kunst aus dem Museum von Shanghai, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, 1988, pp. 78-9, no. 18. Unlike the aforementioned vessels, the present ding has slightly more slender and undecorated legs, similar to those of a similar ding sold in these rooms, 22 March 2007, lot 239.