Page 28 - Status & Ritual Chinese Archaic Bronzes

*4 A very similar bronze ding of comparable size in the Royal Ontario Museum,
Toronto bears similar narrow bands of taotie scroll ornamentation on the upper
A BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL, DING register, and an undecorated body; illustrated by J. Rawson in Western Zhou
LATE SHANG - EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Washington D. C, 1990,
(12TH-8TH CENTURY BC) vol. IIB, p. 269, fg. 14.4.

晚商/西周早期 青銅饕餮紋鼎 來源:
Hurukawa 舊藏，於1969年4月11日前購入
The exterior of the vessel is boldly cast with a band of taotie masks separated 於1982年6月前購自日本東京古董商Seikodo
by thin fanges, with two upright loop handles rising from the rim, all supported 重要歐洲私人珍藏
on three tall feet. The bronze has a mottled dark grey and green patina.

8Ω in. (21.7 cm.) high

£80,000-120,000 $130,000-190,000
€110,000-160,000

PROVENANCE

The Hurukawa Collection, before 11 April 1969.
With Seikodo, Tokyo, Japan, before June 1982.
From an important private European collection.