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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING
Warring States period, 5th/4th century B.C.Of compressed spherical form, the rounded sides cast with opposing taotie handles suspending loose rings, the sides of the body and cover each cast with two concentric rope-twist bands, the three short cabriole legs smoothly emerging from the base, the fitted domed cover additionally cast with three evenly-spaced, highly decorated recumbent beasts surrounding the loop finial fitted with a loose ring, the surfaces with malachite and ferrous encrustation. 8 1/2in (22.3cm) across
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戰國 公元前五/四世紀 青銅饕餮活環耳三犧蓋鼎Provenance:Acquired in Hong Kong, 1998來源:1998年購於香港For similar examples, see one in the collection of the Shanghai Museum illustrated in Chen Peifen, Xia Shang Zhou qingtongqi yanjiu, vol.6, Eastern Zhou, Shanghai, 2004, p.406, no.610; another dated to the early 5th century BC, from Zhangzi county in Shanxi province, illustrated in Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, p. 157, fig.19.2; and see one example which was sold in these rooms, 18 March 2019, lot 508.