AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD COOKING VESSEL AND A COVER, DING
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD COOKING VESSEL AND A COVER, DING MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC The slightly spreading body raised on three tall, tapering supports, and encircled below the rim with a band cast in thread relief with three elongated taotie masks formed by pairs of dragons with large oblong eyes and quilled bands confronted on a narrow flange, each followed by an extra segment filled with an eye surrounded by scrolls, the band interrupted by a pair of upright U-shaped handles, the slightly domed cover with sharp edge and cast with a narrow band of eyes and scrolls interrupted by three upright bird finials surrounding an angular loop handle, with a three-character inscription cast on one side of the interior and inside the cover, the surface mottled with green and azurite encrustation 11¾ in. (30 cm.) high
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD COOKING VESSEL AND A COVER, DING
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD COOKING VESSEL AND A COVER, DING MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH CENTURY BC The slightly spreading body raised on three tall, tapering supports, and encircled below the rim with a band cast in thread relief with three elongated taotie masks formed by pairs of dragons with large oblong eyes and quilled bands confronted on a narrow flange, each followed by an extra segment filled with an eye surrounded by scrolls, the band interrupted by a pair of upright U-shaped handles, the slightly domed cover with sharp edge and cast with a narrow band of eyes and scrolls interrupted by three upright bird finials surrounding an angular loop handle, with a three-character inscription cast on one side of the interior and inside the cover, the surface mottled with green and azurite encrustation 11¾ in. (30 cm.) high
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