AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, DING

LATE SHANG DYNASTY

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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, DING
late shang dynasty
The shallow bowl cast around the sides with a taotie band divided by six small projecting flanges, the everted rim set with two loop handles, standing on three flat kui feet with upturned heads, heavily patinated surface and with malachite encrustation, a pictogram cast in the centre, one leg restored
6 in. (15.3 cm.) high

Lot Essay

Compare a similar example in the H. and E. Small Moore Memorial Collection, included, China Institute in America, The Communion of Scholars, 1982, p.23, no.2; another example from the late Anyang She set, illustrated by Robert Bagley, Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, 1987, p.451, fig.81.1.

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