Lot 1234
1234
A WELL-CAST BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, DING
THE PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE NEW YORK COLLECTOR
A WELL-CAST BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, DING

LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

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A WELL-CAST BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL, DING
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep body raised on three columnar supports cast in intaglio with blades pendent from a scroll band, the sides crisply cast in relief with three taotie masks centered on and separated by prominent notched flanges, reserved on a band of leiwen, all with extensive traces of black inlay, with a pair of bail handles rising from the everted rim, with a clan sign cast below the rim on the interior, and with allover mottled blue-green encrustation
9 in. (23 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong prior to 1997.

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Lot Essay

The robust shape and cast decoration of this ding are very similar to that of ding excavated at Anyang prefecture, Henan province, such as the three illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 2- Shang(2), Beijing, 1997, p. 11, no. 11 (excavated in 1983 from tomb 663 in Dasikong, South); p. 16, no. 16 (excavated in 1969 from tomb 907 in Xiaominyun, South); and p. 19, no. 19 (excavated in 1986 from Tomb 1 in Guojiazhuang, West).

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