Lot 1228
1228
A MASSIVE RITUAL BRONZE TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
A MASSIVE RITUAL BRONZE TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
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A MASSIVE RITUAL BRONZE TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING

SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)

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A MASSIVE RITUAL BRONZE TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD (770-476 BC)
The deep, rounded body is raised on three tall feet issuing from elaborate stylized taotie masks. The vessel is cast with two continuous bands of geometric scroll separated by a bow-string band. The thick, everted bail handles are cast with a series of scroll patterns in rectangular cartouches.
21 1/8 in. (53.6 cm.) across handles
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong in 1991.
The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
Exhibited
Gems of Chinese Art, The Empress Place Museum, Singapore, 1992-95, no. 5.
Empire of the Dragons, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark, 9 February - 26 November 1995, no. 9.

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Lot Essay

Compare the massive ding dated to the Spring and Autumn period excavated in 1988 from Jinsheng Village, Taiyuan, Shaanxi province, and now in the Shaanxi Province Research Institute of Archaeology, illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji - 8 - Dong Zhou (2), Beijing, 1995, pp. 15-16, nos. 16-18. Although of even larger size (104 cm. high) than the present example, the Jinzheng ding shares proportions and cast decoration similar to those of the present vessel, as well as very similar robust taotie masks set atop each tall waisted leg.

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