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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD this type of distinctive ‘diamond and boss’ Collection, Berkeley, 1966, pl. IV (right). see
VESSEL (DING) decoration appears to have been an innovation also two related vessels excavated in the late
LATE SHANG / EARLY WESTERN of the anyang bronze foundries and en vogue shang tomb of Fu hao, a consort of King Wu
ZHOU DYNASTY in the late shang period. most often seen Ding (r. 1324-1265 BC), published in Tomb of
Lady Hao at Yinxu in Anyang, Beijing, 1980, pl.
on gui and yu, this motif is commonly found
the deep U-shaped body supported on three on round-bodied vessels. a related ding, of XI, figs 1 and 2; and another excavated in 1985
columnar legs, the flattened everted rim set slightly smaller size and with cicadas cast from a tomb site near anyang, henan province,
with two upright loop handles, cast around below the rim, excavated in 1970 from Xiaoning published in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji, op.
the body with a diagonal grid comprised of tun, anyang, henan province, and now in the cit., pl. 23.
diamond-shapes, each with a leiwen border and collection of the Institute of archaeology,
central boss, all below a band of confronting Chinese academy of social sciences, Beijing, $ 30,000-50,000
kuilong against a leiwen ground beneath the is illustrated in Zhongguo qingtongqi quanji
rim, the surface with malachite encrustation [Complete collection of Chinese archaic 商末 / 西周初 青銅乳釘紋鼎
height 9⅞ in., 25.3 cm bronzes], vol. 2, Beijing, 1997, pl. 26; and a
larger version with blades cast onto the legs, 來源
PROVENANCE in the avery Brundage Collection, is included 紐約蘇富比2001年9月19日，編號8
sotheby’s new York, 19th september 2001, in rené-Yvon Lefebvre-d’argencé, Ancient
lot 8. Chinese Bronzes in the Avery Brundage

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