A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep body is raised on three columnar legs and is cast with a band of circular bosses alternating with kui dragons below the everted rim set with a pair of bail handles. The patina is of mottled olive-green color with areas of malachite encrustation on the interior.
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Caroline B. Carter Collection.
Estate of Caroline B. Carter; Sotheby's New York, 29 November 1993, lot 177.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4637.
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A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC
The deep body is raised on three columnar legs and is cast with a band of circular bosses alternating with kui dragons below the everted rim set with a pair of bail handles. The patina is of mottled olive-green color with areas of malachite encrustation on the interior.
9 1/4 in. (23.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Caroline B. Carter Collection.
Estate of Caroline B. Carter; Sotheby's New York, 29 November 1993, lot 177.
J. J. Lally & Co., New York, no. 4637.
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