Lot 1455
1455
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT JAPANESE PRIVATE COLLECTION
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING

LATE XIA PERIOD, CIRCA 1600 BC

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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
LATE XIA PERIOD, CIRCA 1600 BC
The deep, rounded body is raised on three hollow, conical legs and is cast in thread relief on the upper body with a band of diagonally arranged, stylized scroll centered by oblong 'eyes' between bowstring borders, all below an everted rim with a pair of upright loop handles. The patina is of dark grey color and there is milky green and earth-colored encrustation.
8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high, Japanese wood box
Provenance
Senshutey, Tokyo, Japan, December 1999.
Exhibited
Senshutey, Tokyo, Japan, The Collection of Chinese Art: Special Exhibition 'Run Through 10 Years, 2006, p. 22, no. 19 (center).

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Lot Essay

Compare the very similar ding of slightly smaller size (19 cm.) illustrated by Chen Peifen in Ancient Chinese Bronzes in the Shanghai Museum, Beijing, 1995, p. 30, no. 3, which is dated to the late Xia period, and where the decoration is described as cloud pattern.

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