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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

36 SOTHEBY’S COMPLETE CATALOGUING AVAILABLE AT SOTHEBYS.COM/N10748 IMPORTANT ARCHAIC BRONZES FROM THE MACLEAN COLLECTION 37