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                AN ARCHAIC BRONZE FOOD VESSEL
                (FANGDING)
                EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY
                of rectangular section supported on four columnar legs
                and set with a pair of upright U-form handles at the rim, the
                principal register of each side boldly cast with a prominent
                taotie mask in high relief, the oval eyes bulging and the
                horns, jaws, and other facial features emerging in curling
                tufts all against a leiwen ground, the narrow upper register
                with stylized birds in relief also against a leiwen ground, the
                edges and center of each side punctuated by vertical flanges
                cast with linear patterns, the legs cast with stylized pendent
                cicada patterns
                Height 8¾ in., 22.2 cm
                PROVENANCE
                Wui Po Kok Antique Co, Ltd., Hong Kong, 1999.
                LITERATURE
                Richard A. Pegg and Zhang Lidong, The MacLean Collection:
                Chinese Ritual Bronzes, Chicago, 2010, pl. 15.

                $ 200,000-300,000
                西周初   青銅饕餮紋方鼎

                來源:
                滙寶閣古美術,香港,1999年
                出版:
                彭銳查及張立東,《The MacLean Collection: Chinese
                Ritual Bronzes》,芝加哥,2010年,圖版15






































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