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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, LATE 6TH-EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC The vessel is raised on three legs and has a pair of upswept handles cast with scroll decoration. The body is flat-cast with two bands of different dragon scroll separated by a bow-string band and repeated on the domed cover where they are separated by a plain band interrupted by three recumbent rams. In the center is a medallion formed by overlapping scrolls which is encircled by another plain band isncribed with three characters, possibly reading nanli zuo. The exterior of one leg is inscribed with a single character, nan. The patina is of golden-brown color and there is extensive malachite and some azurite encrustation on the interior. 11? in. (29.3 cm.) wide across handles