A RARE BRONZE RITUAL RECTANGULAR FOOD VESSEL, FANGDING EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC The deep body of rectangular form is raised on four columnar legs cast in intaglio with triangles pendent from a scroll band. The body is cast in relief on each side with a taotie mask below a band of kui dragons, all reserved on leiwen grounds and centered by notched flanges which are repeated at the corners, with a pair of bail handles rising from the rim. The bronze has a dark grey and mottled green patina. Together with two line drawings of the present lot by Hongwei Dong. 8 ½ in. (21.7 cm.) high Provenance Wui Po Kok, Hong Kong, 1999.
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL RECTANGULAR FOOD VESSEL, FANGDING EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC The deep body of rectangular form is raised on four columnar legs cast in intaglio with triangles pendent from a scroll band. The body is cast in relief on each side with a taotie mask below a band of kui dragons, all reserved on leiwen grounds and centered by notched flanges which are repeated at the corners, with a pair of bail handles rising from the rim. The bronze has a dark grey and mottled green patina. Together with two line drawings of the present lot by Hongwei Dong. 8 ½ in. (21.7 cm.) high Provenance Wui Po Kok, Hong Kong, 1999.
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