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31 – archaic bronze food vessel blade-
legged ding
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LATE SHANG DYNASTY, CIRCA 12 – 11 CENTURIES B. C.
H.: 27.6 CM D.: 25.8 CM
Archaic bronze food vessel supported by three blade-shaped legs PUBLISHED
cast in the shape of stylized dragons, their bodies decorated with
spirals. The ding’s round bowl-shaped body is cast with a frieze of – Umehara S., Nihon Shucho Shina Kodo Seika, Selected Relics
kui dragons shown sideways on a leiwen background, confronting of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Japan, Osaka,
each other over a vertical flange. Yamanaka and Co, 1960, vol. 3, pl. 194.
The vessel’s averted rim is topped by two upright loop handles. – Neiraku Museum, Neiraku Museum Catalogue, Nara 1969, p. 26,
The ding has a dark-green patina. no. 3.
– Hayashi M., In Shu jidai seidokino kenkyu (In Shu seidoki soran
PROVENANCE ichi) Conspectus of Yin and Zhou Bronzes – Tokyo 1984, vol. 1,
part 2, p. 47, no. 6.
– Yamanaka and Co, Osaka, Japan. – Deydier Ch., Les Bronzes Archaïques Chinois, Archaic Chinese
– Neiraku Bijutsukan, Nara, Japan. Bronzes – 1 – Xia & Shang – Paris 1995, p. 207, no. 1.
– S. Nakamura Collection, Kobe, Japan. – Deydier Ch., Le Banquet des Dieux, Rituel Bronzes of Ancient
– Deydier Ch. / Oriental Bronzes Ltd, London, UK, 1995. China, London, Dec. 1995 – Paris, Jan. 1996, cat. no. 9.
– Count & Countess Paul Lippens Collection, Brussels, Belgium, 1995. – Li Xueqin & Allan Sarah, Chinese Bronzes: A Selection from Euro-
pean Collections, Beijing 1995, photo no. 10, text p. 314 and 390.
EXHIBITED

– Kyoto Imperial Museum, Kyoto, Japan.
– Neiraku Bijutsukan, Nara, Japan 1969.
– Deydier Ch. / Oriental Bronzes Ltd, London, UK, Dec. 1995.
– Deydier Ch. / Oriental Bronzes Ltd, Paris, France, Jan. 1996.

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