AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (DING), LATE SHANG DYNASTY

AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (DING)
LATE SHANG DYNASTY
商末 鼎鼎

the deep U-shaped body supported on three tall cylindrical legs, the everted rim set with two upright loop handles, crisply cast around the body with a band of three pairs of stylized confronting dragons against a leiwen ground, centered by short vertical flanges, all above a skirt of pendent triangular lappets enclosing formalized cicadas on leiwen ground, cast to the inside rim with a single pictogram reading ding, the surface with malachite encrustation, wood stand (2)

銘文：
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Height 8⅝ in., 22 cm

Condition Report:
The rim has a restored crack, measuring approx. 2 cm long. Otherwise, the vessel is in overall good condition with some expected wear, consistent with age. X-ray images available upon request.

整體品相良好，惟見口沿一處約2公分長舊裂經修補。器面見磨痕，實屬正常。
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Provenance:
Collection of A. F. Glathe.

Collection of William A. Klink (1923-2019), acquired prior to 1947, and thence by descent.

來源

A. F. Glathe 收藏

威廉姆•克林克 (1923-2019) 收藏，得於1947年之前，此後家族傳承