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72. Ritual bronze food vessel ding
Shang dynasty, Yinxu period, circa 13 – 11 centuries bc.
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商代殷墟時期乳丁龍紋青銅鼎
Height: 21 cm, Diameter: 15.7 cm

Inscription: Exhibited: Published: ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
▪ A single character cast inside the vessel reads “Ding” ▪ Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Bluett & Sons, London 1963, ▪ Bluett & Sons Ltd., Ancient Chinese Bronzes, London Collection, London 2009, p. 158, no. 72.
《 丁》, probably indicating for which ancestor’s catalogue no. 3. 1963, catalogue no. 3. ▪ Wu Zhenfeng, Shang Zhou Qingtongqi Mingwen
worship, i.e. Fu Ding = Father Ding, this vessel was ▪ Ancient Chinese bronzes from an English private ▪ Eskenazi Ltd, Ancient Chinese bronzes from an Ji Tuxiang Jicheng, Shanghai 2012, Vol. 1, p. 268,
made. collection, Eskenazi Ltd, London, December 1999, English private collection, London, December 1999, no. 00342. 吳鎮烽《商周青銅器銘文暨圖像集成》 上
catalogue no. 4. p. 16 – 1, no. 4. 海 2012年版, 第1冊, 第268頁 00345號.
Provenance: ▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La ▪ Zhong Bosheng & others, Xinshou Yin Zhou Qingtongqi ▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
▪ Professor Bullock Collection, U.K. Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques Mingwen Ji Qiying Huibian, Taipei 2006, no. 1909. 鐘 Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
▪ Bluett & Sons Ltd., London, U.K., 1963. Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 54. 柏生等《新收殷周青銅器銘文暨器影彙編》臺北 2006 Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p. 95, no. 54.
▪ Private Collection, London, U.K. 年版 1909號.
▪ Eskenazi Ltd, London, U.K.

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