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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC The rounded body is raised on three columnar legs cast in intaglio with triangles pendent from a scroll band and is cast in relief around the sides with three large taotie masks centered and divided by notched flanges, reserved on a fine leiwen ground and below a pair of bail handles that rise from the rim. The bronze has an olive-green patina with some encrustation and traces of black inlay in the recessed areas. Together with a line drawing of the present lot by Hongwei Dong. 9 ? in. (23.5 cm.) high