A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC The body is raised on three slender columnar legs and is decorated with slightly raised triangles flat-cast with stylized taotie masks pendent from a band of pairs of cicadas divided by either a narrow flange or a seam, all of the pairs, except for one, facing in the same direction, below a pair of bail handles that rises from the rim. An inscription that consists of the character zi (son) above a bottle-horned mask, which may represent the character long (dragon), is cast on a small, irregular raised patch of metal in the bottom of the interior. The vessel has a dark grey patina and mottled milky-green encrustation. 6 in. (15.3 cm.) high
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH-12TH CENTURY BC The body is raised on three slender columnar legs and is decorated with slightly raised triangles flat-cast with stylized taotie masks pendent from a band of pairs of cicadas divided by either a narrow flange or a seam, all of the pairs, except for one, facing in the same direction, below a pair of bail handles that rises from the rim. An inscription that consists of the character zi (son) above a bottle-horned mask, which may represent the character long (dragon), is cast on a small, irregular raised patch of metal in the bottom of the interior. The vessel has a dark grey patina and mottled milky-green encrustation. 6 in. (15.3 cm.) high
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