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A RARE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE SILVER-WIRE INLAID
TRIPOD VESSEL, DING
Song/Ming Dynasty
The deep round body flanked by two upright loop handles and
supported on three cylindrical legs, finely inlaid with silver-wire around
the exterior with archaistic taotie masks with prominent eyes and
curling horns, on a leiwen ground, the legs each decorated with
a cicada motif, later wood cover with carnelian finial, wood stand.
21.2cm (8 2/8in) high (3).

£30,000 - 50,000
CNY270,000 - 440,000

宋/明 銅嵌銀饕餮紋鼎

The result of Oxford Authentication Ltd. thermoluminescence test
no.C119g91, dated 20 June 2019, is consistent with the dating of
this lot. According to the test it was estimated that the date of last
firing was between 600 and 1000 years ago.

Oxford Authentication Ltd公司熱釋光檢測結果（2019年6月20日，
編號C119g91）顯示年代與本拍品年代一致。結果顯示本拍品最後燒
製的日期約在600至1000年前。

The decorative technique of silver-wire inlay on bronze first appeared Compare with a related silver-wire inlaid tripod vessel, 17th/18th century,
during the late Zhou dynasty, and was revived and became illustrated by M.Maucuer, Bronzes de la Chine imperiale des Song aux
popular from the Song dynasty onwards when archaism became a Qing, Paris, 2013, p.101, no.52. A related bronze tripod incense burner
predominant style in the production of artefacts. The Ming period metal with gold and silver inlay, 16th/17th century, is illustrated by R.Kerr, Later
smith known as Shi Sou (Old man Shi) was famous for specialising Chinese Bronzes, London, 1990,p.53, pl.41. See also another related
in the production of bronze objects with inlaid designs, and his style silver-wire and gold inlaid tripod incense burner, early 17th century,
became the precedent for later wares, made from the 17th century illustrated in Later Chinese Bronzes: The Saint Louis Art Museum and
and throughout the Qing dynasty. Robert E.Kresko Collections, Saint Louis, 2008, no.9.

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