A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING, MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
The body is raised on three slender legs and tapers towards the everted rim and is cast with a band of plain, vertically arranged "quills" reserved on a leiwen ground filled with black matrix. One side of the interior is cast with a five-character inscription reading Bo X zuo bao yi, that may be translated, 'Bo X made this precious vessel'.
9 ¼ in. (23.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1992.
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
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A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC
The body is raised on three slender legs and tapers towards the everted rim and is cast with a band of plain, vertically arranged "quills" reserved on a leiwen ground filled with black matrix. One side of the interior is cast with a five-character inscription reading Bo X zuo bao yi, that may be translated, 'Bo X made this precious vessel'.
9 ¼ in. (23.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in Hong Kong, 1992.
PROPERTY FROM AN IMPORTANT PRIVATE ASIAN COLLECTION
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