AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
MID-TO-LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH-8TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING MID-TO-LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH-8TH CENTURY BC The somewhat compressed body is raised on three hemispherical legs surmounted by dragon masks, and is crisply cast around the sides with a band of angular scrolls formed by interlocking T's below a band of three pairs of addorsed dragons. A pair of U-shaped handles rises from the slightly inward-canted rim. There are mold marks on the underside that connect the legs. A single character, zu , (ancestor), is cast below the rim on the interior. 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
MID-TO-LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH-8TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING MID-TO-LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 9TH-8TH CENTURY BC The somewhat compressed body is raised on three hemispherical legs surmounted by dragon masks, and is crisply cast around the sides with a band of angular scrolls formed by interlocking T's below a band of three pairs of addorsed dragons. A pair of U-shaped handles rises from the slightly inward-canted rim. There are mold marks on the underside that connect the legs. A single character, zu , (ancestor), is cast below the rim on the interior. 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) high
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