AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL (DING) LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH - 11TH CENTURY BC of deep rounded form with a slight S-form profile, the swollen lower section flat cast with pendent triangles enclosing cicada surmounted by a frieze of three pairs of confronting bird-like dragons with raised circular eyes divided by shallow notched flanges on a leiwen ground, a pair of upright U-form handles to each side of the everted rim, all supported on three tall columnar legs, a two-character inscription, Zu Ji (ancestor Ji) on the interior wall, Japanese wood box (2) Height 7 1/4 in., 18.2 cm
AN ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL (DING) LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 13TH - 11TH CENTURY BC of deep rounded form with a slight S-form profile, the swollen lower section flat cast with pendent triangles enclosing cicada surmounted by a frieze of three pairs of confronting bird-like dragons with raised circular eyes divided by shallow notched flanges on a leiwen ground, a pair of upright U-form handles to each side of the everted rim, all supported on three tall columnar legs, a two-character inscription, Zu Ji (ancestor Ji) on the interior wall, Japanese wood box (2) Height 7 1/4 in., 18.2 cm
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