Description
A LARGE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING, SPRING AND AUTUMN TO WARRING STATES PERIOD China, c. 5th century BC. Superbly cast, the body supported on three tall legs, flanked by slightly curving U-shaped handles, the domed cover surmounted with three circular upright rings still filled with soil from a prolonged time of burial. The sides and cover of the deep vessel cast with concentric bands of interlacing dragons. The handles and cover ringlets similarly decorated with key-fret designs and a coiling dragon motif. Provenance: From a private estate in Austria. Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age, with extensive wear. Signs of weathering and erosion, soil encrustations, small nicks, minor chips, and small losses. The bronze is covered in a superb, naturally grown patina with bright malachite, azurite, and cuprite encrustations, especially remarkable on the interior. Weight: 2,190 g Dimensions: Length 26.8 cm (across handles) Literature comparison: Compare a closely related bronze ding cast in the same form with concentric bands of interlacing dragons, 34.1 cm in diameter, dated to the Warring States period, in the Shanghai Museum, illustrated in Chen Peifen’s Ancient Bronzes in the Shanghai Museum, 1995, p. 94-95, no. 60. Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Bonhams Hong Kong, 30 November 2022, lot 14 Price: HKD 985,800 or approx. EUR 121,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: An archaic bronze ritual food vessel and cover, Ding, Spring and Autumn period Expert remark: Compare the closely related form and dragon motif. Note the larger size (42 cm). Auction result comparison: Type: Related Auction: Lempertz Cologne, 8 June 2019, lot 647 Price: EUR 52,080 or approx. EUR 56,000 adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A very large bronze tripod ritual food vessel (ding) and cover. North-centra China, Shanxi/Henan provinces. Eastern Zhou/late Spring and Autumn period, early 5th century Expert remark: Compare the related form and concentric bands of interlacing dragons motif. Note the larger size (45 cm).
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A LARGE BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING, SPRING AN
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