Lot Essay
Compare the ding with similar decoration excavated from a late Shang tomb at Mangzhang, Luoshan county, Henan province, illustrated in Kaogu, 1981:3, pl. 3, fig. 1 and p. 114, fig. 4(2).
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SHANG DYNASTY
Details
A Bronze Tripod Vessel, Ding
Shang Dynasty
Raised on three tall slender legs joined by a 'Y' cast in relief on the underside of the vessel and cast below the angular rim with its two upright loop handles with a band of three taotie masks formed by three pairs of confronted dragons shown in profile and reserved on a leiwen ground, with dark olive-brown patina
8in. (20.3cm.) high
Shang Dynasty
Raised on three tall slender legs joined by a 'Y' cast in relief on the underside of the vessel and cast below the angular rim with its two upright loop handles with a band of three taotie masks formed by three pairs of confronted dragons shown in profile and reserved on a leiwen ground, with dark olive-brown patina
8in. (20.3cm.) high
Provenance
Hugo Munsterberg Collection