A SMALL ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING

WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC)

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A SMALL ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (1100-771 BC)
The deep body flat-cast with a band of three pairs of confronted dragons forming taotie masks reserved on a leiwen ground, the slightly everted rim surmounted by two bail handles, and the whole raised on three columnar supports, with a two-character inscription cast on the interior
4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Acquired in Palm Springs, California, 1994.

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Lot Essay

The inscription cast in the interior of the vessel is composed of two graphs: Ya, a clan sign, followed by jiang, which in ancient Chinese refers to a powerful bow. The same inscription can be seen in a late Shang ding included in the Exhibition of Chinese Arts, C.T. Loo & Co., November 1941 - April 1942, no. 21, and later sold in these rooms, 18 September 1997, lot 325.

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