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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
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A LARGE SUPERBLY CAST BRONZE RITUAL VESSEL, DING
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The powerfully cast circular body is finely decorated with three horned taotie masks with
bulging eyes divided by raised flanges and below a band of confronting dragons, all reserved
on an intricate leiwen ground. The slightly inward-canted rim is applied with a pair of bail
handles and all supported on three columnar legs, each decorated in intaglio with downward
blades emanating from a narrow band of geometric scrolls. The interior is cast with a clan
sign comprising three characters reading Fu ri xin, abore a single graph reading Ran.
12º in. (31 cm. ) high, box
HK$4,000,000-6,000,000 US$520,000-780,000
PROVENANCE
Littleton & Hennessy Oriental Art, London, 20 May 1999

晚商 青銅鼎
銘文：婦日辛（複合族徽）、冉/爯
來源
Littleton & Hennessy Oriental Art，倫敦，1999 年 5 月 20 日
亞洲私人珍藏

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