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A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, 來源：
LIDING 德國科隆東亞藝術博物館，1985年前
Late Shang Dynasty 佳士得紐約，1985年12月2日，拍品編號74
Crisply cast raised on three slender legs, with three deep lobes 美國佛羅里達州南部私人舊藏
decorated with sharp taotie masks in low relief, a pair of bail handles 佳士得紐約，2013年3月21日，拍品編號1212
surmounting the flared rim with a band of double strings, the bronze of 台灣華夏堂收藏
mottled milky-green patina, wood stand, box.
15cm (5 3/4in) high (3). Casting legs beneath a lobed body is a typical feature of liding from
the mid Shang dynasty. Compare with a liding, mid Shang dynasty,
HKD250,000 - 350,000 in the collection of the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, illustrated
US$32,000 - 45,000 in the Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji (Complete Collection of Chinese
Bronzes), Beijing, 1996, pl.57. Compare also with a related liding,
商晚期 青銅獸面紋鬲式鼎 late Shang dynasty, in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated by P.Chen,
Xiashangzhou qingtongqi yanjiu (Researches of Archaic Bronzes in Xia,
Provenance: Shang, Zhou Dynasties), Shanghai, 2004, pp.147-149, pl.70.
The Museum of East Asian Art, Cologne, Germany, before 1985
Christie’s New York, 2 December 1985, lot 74 鼎尖唇外侈，上鑄雙耳，頸部内束，飾兩匝弦紋，袋狀腹分三面，
A South Florida private collection, USA 每面上鑄饕餮紋，三足與袋狀腹一體鑄成，皮殼灰青滑潤。
Christie’s New York, 21 March 2013, lot 1212
Huaxia Tang collection, Taiwan 分襠袋足鬲式鼎為早期青銅鬲之遺緒，可比較美國舊金山亞洲藝術博物
館藏一件商代中期獸面紋鬲，見《中國青銅器全集夏商》，1996年，
卷1，編號57；又可比較上海博物館藏一件商晚期齊父鬲，見陳佩芬
著，《夏商周青銅器研究》，上海，2004年，頁147-149，編號70。
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