Beschreibung:

China, late 8th to early 7th century BC. The rounded bowl supported on three cabriole legs, two upright loop handles rising from the everted rim above. The exterior of the body cast with two bands of dense and sharp archaic scroll. Provenance: From a noted private collection in New York City, USA, and thence by descent within the same family. Condition: Excellent condition, commensurate with age. Extensive wear, casting flaws, visible parting lines, few minuscule nicks and dents, minor losses. With a fine, naturally grown patina and extensive malachite encrustation, some patches of cuprite and azurite. Weight: 1,329 g Dimensions: Width 18 cm (at the widest points) Literature comparison: A closely related ding of approximately the same size is illustrated by Jenny So in Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1995, pp. 102-3, no. 6, where it is dated Eastern Zhou, early Spring and Autumn period, late 8th-early 7th century BC. Compare a ding, of closely related shallow form and with similar tight interlace, also dated 8th-7th century BC, in the collection of the British Museum, museum number 1982,0621.1. Auction result comparison: Compare a related ding, also dated early Spring and Autumn period, at Christie’s New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 23 March 2012, lot 1531, sold for USD 30,000, and another at Sotheby’s New York in Important Chinese Art on 12 September 2018, lot 190, sold for USD 20,000. 春秋早期青銅三足鼎 中國，公元前八至七世紀。青銅鼎雙耳，深鼓腹，下腹圓曲內收，圓底，下承三等距獸蹄足。外壁夔龍紋飾。 來源：美國紐約知名私人收藏，保存在同一家族至今。 品相：品相極好，與年齡相稱。 大面積磨損、鑄造缺陷以及可見的鑄造合線，微小的刻痕和凹痕、輕微的缺損。精美的自然生長的包漿和大面積孔雀石綠結殼，局部還有一些赤紅色和藍色斑綉。 重量：1,329 克 尺寸：寬18 厘米 (最寬處) 拍賣結果比較：一件相近的鼎, 同樣為春秋初期，紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2012年3月23日, lot 1531, 售價USD 30,000; 另一件鼎見紐約蘇富比 Important Chinese Art 2018年9月12日, lot 190, 售價USD 20,000。