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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A RARE LARGE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY BC
Details
A RARE LARGE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY BC
The deep, globular body is raised on three tall legs surmounted by stylized masks divided by a flange. The sides are flat-cast with bands of interlocking snake motifs, the upper band interrupted by a pair of upright handles also cast with scrolls. The domed cover is similarly decorated and applied with four recumbent bovines below an openwork knob formed by six vertical straps cast in the shape of birds biting and grasping an outer ring border. The vessel and cover have a milky green patina and azurite encrustation on the interior.
19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm.) across handles
SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 6TH CENTURY BC
The deep, globular body is raised on three tall legs surmounted by stylized masks divided by a flange. The sides are flat-cast with bands of interlocking snake motifs, the upper band interrupted by a pair of upright handles also cast with scrolls. The domed cover is similarly decorated and applied with four recumbent bovines below an openwork knob formed by six vertical straps cast in the shape of birds biting and grasping an outer ring border. The vessel and cover have a milky green patina and azurite encrustation on the interior.
19 7/8 in. (50.5 cm.) across handles
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1991.
The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
The Tsui Museum of Art, Hong Kong.
Literature
Singapore, Tsui Art Foundation and Empress Place Museum, Gems of Chinese Art: Selections of Ceramics and Bronzes, 1992.
Exhibited
Tsui Art Foundation, Gems of Chinese Art: Selections of Ceramics and Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1992, no. 2.
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