A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DUI
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A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DUI

LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, SECOND HALF 3RD CENTURY BC

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A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DUI
LATE WARRING STATES PERIOD, SECOND HALF 3RD CENTURY BC
The vessel and cover are interchangeable, each of plain hemispherical form, with three dragon-form supports and a pair of ring handles.
9 7/8 in. (25 cm.) high
Provenance
Alberts Antiques, Richmond, British Columbia, August 1997.

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A similar dui, reportedly from Anhui Shou Xian Zhujiaji, which is dated 2nd half of 3rd century BC, is illustrated by J. So in Eastern Zhou Bronze Ritual Vessels from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, p. 69, fig. 126. See, also, the example lent by the Chinese Government to The International Exhibition of Chinese Art, London, 1935-36, no. 580.

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