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Bronzes, Metalwork, and Sculptures
Property from a Northern California Estate
Lot 8006

An archaic bronze tripod vessel, ding
Western Zhou dynasty

16 December 2014, 10:00 PST
San Francisco

Sold for US$11,875 inc. premium

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An archaic bronze tripod vessel, ding

Western Zhou dynasty
Raised on three sturdy flared legs, the plain lower belly with a wide horizontal band cast at the shoulder composed of discrete alternating segments of abstract zoomorphs constructed with hooks and spiral terminals under an everted rim set off by paired U-shaped handles cast with a row of elongated spirals, the surface covered in and out with a dense malachite patina and earthen encrustation.
10 3/4in (27.4cm) high

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This object has been in the collection since the late 1980s.

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