A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The tri-lobed body is raised on three columnar legs and is cast above each leg with a large taotie mask with rounded eyes, all reserved on a leiwen ground. A pair of inverted U-shaped handles rises from the rim. There is a later-added inscription on one side of the interior. The bronze has a grey and mottled milky-green patina. 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) high Provenance With C.T. Loo, Paris, by repute. Private European Collection, acquired before 1998.
A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC The tri-lobed body is raised on three columnar legs and is cast above each leg with a large taotie mask with rounded eyes, all reserved on a leiwen ground. A pair of inverted U-shaped handles rises from the rim. There is a later-added inscription on one side of the interior. The bronze has a grey and mottled milky-green patina. 8 1/8 in. (20.7 cm.) high Provenance With C.T. Loo, Paris, by repute. Private European Collection, acquired before 1998.
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