THE FU YI LIDING A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 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 is of reddish-brown color. 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high Provenance Yamanaka and Co., Kyoto, 1971.
THE FU YI LIDING A BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL LATE SHANG DYNASTY, ANYANG, 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 is of reddish-brown color. 8 ¼ in. (21 cm.) high Provenance Yamanaka and Co., Kyoto, 1971.
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