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A SMALL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep body is raised on three columnar legs and is decorated with a band of
taotie masks below the everted rim set with a pair of bail handles. The patina is
of mottled olive-green color with areas of malachite and cuprite encrustation.
5æ in. (13.7 cm.) high, Japanese mixed-metal cover, Japanese wood box with
inscriptions by Hata Zoroku IV (1898-1984)
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE
In Japan prior to 1984.
商晚期 青銅饕餮紋小鼎
(signature on cover)
(another view)
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