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AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER, For similar examples, see one in the collection of the Shanghai
DING Museum illustrated in Chen Peifen, Xia Shang Zhou qingtongqi yanjiu,
Warring States period, 5th/4th century B.C. vol.6, Eastern Zhou, Shanghai, 2004, p.406, no.610; another dated
Of compressed spherical form, the rounded sides cast with opposing to the early 5th century BC, from Zhangzi county in Shanxi province,
taotie handles suspending loose rings, the sides of the body and illustrated in Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur
cover each cast with two concentric rope-twist bands, the three short M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, p. 157,
cabriole legs smoothly emerging from the base, the fitted domed cover fig.19.2; and see one example which was sold in these rooms, 18
additionally cast with three evenly-spaced, highly decorated recumbent March 2019, lot 508.
beasts surrounding the loop finial fitted with a loose ring, the surfaces
with malachite and ferrous encrustation.
8 1/2in (22.3cm) across
$10,000 - 15,000

戰國 公元前五/四世紀 青銅饕餮活環耳三犧蓋鼎

Provenance:
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1998

來源:
1998年購於香港

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