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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MARK S. PRATT
510
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER,
DING
Spring and Autumn period Provenance:
Of deep bowl shape, the rounded sides cast with a band of The Collection of Mark S. Pratt; purchased in Taipei, 1959
interlocking dragons divided by a raised fillet from a band of scrolling
dragons, a pair of opposing upright loop handles set just below the For similar examples, see one in the collection of the Shanghai
rim, supported on three waisted legs each surmounted by the mask Museum illustrated by Chen Peifen, Xia Shang Zhou qingtongqi yanjiu,
of a single-horned mythical beast, the low-domed cover cast with a vol. 6, Eastern Zhou, Shanghai, 2004, p. 406, no. 610; another dated
loop finial and loose ring, surrounded by similar decorative bands to late Spring and Autumn period, late 6th-early 5th century BC, North
the body, and three evenly-spaced recumbent mythical beasts, the Central China, Shanxi-Henan provinces and illustrated in Jenny So,
surfaces with light encrustation. Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, New
9 1/2in (24.2cm) high York, 1995, pp. 146-49, no. 17; and one which was sold at Christie’s
New York, 13-14 September 2018, lot 1118.
$20,000 - 30,000
春秋 青銅交龍紋獨角牛蓋鼎
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