A SMALL ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL FOOD VESSEL (DING) EARLY EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH CENTURY BC

the shallow rounded sides crisply cast with a band of interlaced stylized kui dragons above a narrow band of square spirals and feathery scrolls, all beneath a lipped rim set with two upright handles cast with scrolls, raised on three cabriole legs, the bronze a dark gray tone with areas of malachite encrustation to the interior and exterior

C. T. Loo & Co., New York, 1961.

Casting residue around one leg and on the interior. Old casting fills.
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