AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL STEM BOWL, DOU

AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL STEM BOWL, DOU
WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH-8TH CENTURY BC
AN IMPORTANT AND VERY RARE BRONZE RITUAL STEM BOWL, DOU WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH-8TH CENTURY BC The heavily cast vessel has a shallow bowl with incurved rim and is cast in high relief around the upright exterior with eight whorl-decorated bosses flanked by scrolls and arranged in pairs in four panels above four large openings in the underside and at the top of the hollow pedestal foot, which is cast with rows of scale or feather pattern divided by an encircling ribbed band at the waist. There are traces of cinnabar red and green pigment in the recesses. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm.) high, box