THE FU JI LIDING A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL 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 flanked by a pair of descending dragons, all reserved on a leiwen ground. A pair of inverted U-shaped handles rises from the rim. One side of the interior is cast with a three-character inscription. The bronze has a grey and mottled milky-green patina. 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high Provenance Dr. A. F. Philips (1874-1951) Collection, Netherlands. Sotheby's London, 30 March 1978, lot 9. Christie's New York, 27 November 1991, lot 241.
THE FU JI LIDING A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL 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 flanked by a pair of descending dragons, all reserved on a leiwen ground. A pair of inverted U-shaped handles rises from the rim. One side of the interior is cast with a three-character inscription. The bronze has a grey and mottled milky-green patina. 8 ½ in. (21.5 cm.) high Provenance Dr. A. F. Philips (1874-1951) Collection, Netherlands. Sotheby's London, 30 March 1978, lot 9. Christie's New York, 27 November 1991, lot 241.
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