A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING

Lot 1508
25.09.2020 14:00UTC -05:00
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Lot 1508 | A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING
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$ 50 000 – 70 000
A RARE BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, DING

MID-WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 10TH-9TH CENTURY BC

The body is raised on three slender legs and tapers towards the everted rim and is cast with a band of plain, vertically arranged "quills" reserved on a leiwen ground filled with black matrix. One side of the interior is cast with a five-character inscription reading Bo X zuo bao yi, that may be translated, 'Bo X made this precious vessel'.

9 ¼ in. (23.6 cm.) high

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