A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (LIDING) LATE SHANG / WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY the deep bowl divided into three lobes resting on three tapering columnar supports, the everted rim set with a pair of plain loop handles, each lobe finely cast with a taotie mask with protruding eyes and horns, flanked by descending serpentine animals to the sides, all against a dense leiwen ground, the bronze patinated to a pale green tone with patches of malachite encrustation, a three-character pictogram on the side of the interior, wood stand, wood box (4) Height 8 3/8 in., 21.2 cm Read Condition Report Read Condition Report Register or Log-in to view condition report Or Saleroom Notice Provenance Hirano Koto-ken, Tokyo, May 1981.
A BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (LIDING) LATE SHANG / WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY the deep bowl divided into three lobes resting on three tapering columnar supports, the everted rim set with a pair of plain loop handles, each lobe finely cast with a taotie mask with protruding eyes and horns, flanked by descending serpentine animals to the sides, all against a dense leiwen ground, the bronze patinated to a pale green tone with patches of malachite encrustation, a three-character pictogram on the side of the interior, wood stand, wood box (4) Height 8 3/8 in., 21.2 cm Read Condition Report Read Condition Report Register or Log-in to view condition report Or Saleroom Notice Provenance Hirano Koto-ken, Tokyo, May 1981.
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