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471 Compare also another example from the Arthur M. Sackler collection
A large archaic bronze tripod basin, pan also dated to the Eastern Zhou dynasty, late sixth century BC (accession
Eastern Zhou dynasty no.V-230), illustrated by Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the
Rising from three cabriole feet depicted in the form of animal paws in Arthur M. Scakler Collections. Volume III, New York, 1995, p.328. The
tripod position, all supporting a shallow circular vessel with rounded example has a pair of lug handles at the side and is further registered
sides gently rising to a lipped rim. with an elaborate design of ‘C’ dragons towards the exterior wall,
33.9cm diam. bordered by top and bottom by narrow mouldings.
HK$25,000 - 45,000
US$3,200 - 5,800 類似的例子，可參考賽克勒舊藏一件東周三足盤（編號V-230），
著錄於Jenny So著，《Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur
東周 青銅三足盤 M. Scakler Collections》，卷三，紐約，1995年，頁328。

It is interesting to note that archaic bronze basin or pan as exemplified
by the current lot comes in two variants; some are cast with a splayed
circular foot, others are flanked by a pair of upturned ‘U’-shaped handles
or decorated with ring handles at the sides. See an excavated example
dated to the Spring and Autumn period, flanked with a pair of handles
and above a conical-shaped splayed foot, unearthed at Guangxi province
in 1985, in the Museum of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region,
illustrated in Zhongguo Qingtongqi Quanji 11. Eastern Zhou 5, Beijing,
1997, p.128, no.137.

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