Nadia Bellingeri
Sale Manager, Private Sales & Themed Sales
Lot 30*
An archaic bronze ritual food vessel, ding Warring States Period
17 May 2018, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£20,000 - £40,000
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An archaic bronze ritual food vessel, ding
Warring States Period
The vessel of globular form, supported by three legs, the shoulder with two upright rectangular loop handles, the exterior decorated with friezes of interlocking zoomorphic geometric spirals and stylised dragons, the patterns repeated on the domed cover surmounted by three ring knobs, the bronze with a green patina and patches of malachite encrustration. 28cm (11in) high.
The vessel of globular form, supported by three legs, the shoulder with two upright rectangular loop handles, the exterior decorated with friezes of interlocking zoomorphic geometric spirals and stylised dragons, the patterns repeated on the domed cover surmounted by three ring knobs, the bronze with a green patina and patches of malachite encrustration. 28cm (11in) high.
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戰國 青銅獸帶紋蓋鼎
Provenance: acquired from R & V Tregaskis, Sydney, on 5 May 2000, no.1518
The Reid Collection
來源：
於2000年5月5日購自悉尼古董商R & V Tregaskis，編號1518
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A similar but larger ding in the Avery Brundage Collection is illustrated by R.L.Lefebvre d'Argencé, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Berkeley, 1966, pl.39; a similar but larger bronze ding vessel, Eastern Zhou dynasty, was sold at Christie's New York, 22 April 1999, lot 191.
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