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A VERY RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL,
FANGDING
Late Shang/early Western Zhou Dynasty, inscribed Zhu Fu Ding
Crisply cast in rectangular section supported on four straight legs
decorated with cicada blades, the body cast with taotie masks in relief
below pairs of confronted kui dragons, all reserved on a leiwen ground,
centred and flanked at the edges with flanges, the top rim set with a pair
of upright loop handles, the interior cast with a two-character inscription,
with olive and light green patina and malachite encrustations.
26.2cm (10 1/4in) high.
£120,000 - 150,000
CNY1,100,000 - 1,300,000
商末/西周初 青銅饕餮紋方鼎
「壴父丁」金文鑄款

Provenance: The Mengdiexuan Collection

Exhibited:
Oriental Ceramic Society of Hong Kong & Urban Council of
Hong Kong, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes, 12 October -
2 December 1990
Hong Kong Museum of Art, Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth:
Gems of Antiquities Collections in Hong Kong, 21 September 2001 -
5 October 2005
Chinese University Hong Kong Art Museum, Divine Power:
The Dragon in Chinese Art, 12 February - 7 November 2012

Published and Illustrated:
J.Rawson and E.Bunker, Ancient Chinese and Ordos Bronzes,
Hong Kong, 1990, p.98, no.19
Metal, Wood, Water, Fire and Earth: Gems of Antiquities Collections
in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 2004, p.104

來源： 香港夢蝶軒收藏

展覽：
1990年10月12日至12月2日於香港市政局暨香港東方陶瓷學會
「青銅聚英：中國古代與鄂爾多斯青銅器展覽」展出
2001年9月21日至2005年10月5日於香港美術館「金木水火土：
香港文物收藏精品展」展出
2012年2月12日至11月7日於香港中文大學美術館「雲行雨施：
中國龍文物」特展展出

出版：
J.Rawson及E.Bunker著，《青銅聚英：中國古代與鄂爾多斯青銅器》
，香港，1990年，頁98，編號19
《金木水火土：香港文物收藏精品》，香港，2004年，頁104

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