Warring States Period, 475-221 BC. A squat bronze ding vessel with three rounded legs, median ridge, two rectangular loop handles, domed lid with three knops. Cf. Song, L., Chinese Bronze Ware, Cambridge, 2011, p.33, for type.3.1 kg, 24cm (9 1/2"). From a North West London collection; previously acquired in the 1980s.Fine condition.