AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL, DING
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL, DING SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The body with S-curved profile raised on three plain tapering columnar legs and cast around the sides with a band of leiwen -filled blades cast in relief with cicadas pendent from a leiwen band also cast in relief with three pairs of bird-like dragons confronted on and separated by notched flanges projecting from shield-form masks, with a pair of thick bail handles rising from the rim, the interior cast with an inscription, with mottled milky-green patina on the exterior and a silvery patina on the interior, with malachite encrustation 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL, DING
SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
AN UNUSUAL BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL, DING SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The body with S-curved profile raised on three plain tapering columnar legs and cast around the sides with a band of leiwen -filled blades cast in relief with cicadas pendent from a leiwen band also cast in relief with three pairs of bird-like dragons confronted on and separated by notched flanges projecting from shield-form masks, with a pair of thick bail handles rising from the rim, the interior cast with an inscription, with mottled milky-green patina on the exterior and a silvery patina on the interior, with malachite encrustation 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high
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