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PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE EUROPEAN COLLECTION (LOTS 2-7)

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A BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, DING
LATE SHANG - EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY (12TH-8TH
CENTURY BC)
The exterior of the vessel is crisply cast with a band of taotie masks separated
by low, thin fanges. The rim supports two upright loop handles, all rising from
three tall cylindrical feet. The bronze has a mottled dark grey and green patina.
8Ω in. (21.7 cm.) high
£30,000–50,000 $40,000–65,000
€34,000–56,000
PROVENANCE:
The Hurukawa Collection, before 11 April 1969.
With Seikodo, Tokyo, Japan, before June 1982.
An important private European collection.
A bronze ding of comparable size with an undecorated body and similar
taotie scroll decoration the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, is illustrated
by J. Rawson in Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler
Collections, Washington D.C., 1990, vol. IIB, p. 269, fg. 14.4.
晚商/西周早期 青銅饕餮紋鼎

來源:
日本Hurukawa舊藏，於1969年4月11日前購入
於1982年6月前購自日本東京古董商Seikodo
重要歐洲私人珍藏

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