Lot no. 329
A large bronze tripod ritual food vessel (ding) and cover. North-central China, Shanxi/Henan provinc The basin stands on three bulbous legs with two inverted U-shaped handles of rectangular cross-section, the body with two wide registers with dissolved dragons detailed with meander on a plain ground separated by a thin undecorated band, the handles and upper parts of the legs with volutes. The flat-domed cover with three ring handles decorated with two concentric zones filled with the same type of decoration as on the body, the central roundel with volutes and spirals. Mould marks to the base and base. Various restorations to body and lid. Height 26.1 cm; inner diameter 21 cm; diameter across the handles 35 cm Provenance Collection Gottfried Hertel (1925-2019), Cologne Literature Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York 1995, no. 13-17 and 20Großer Speisebehälter vom Typ ding. Bronze. Nord-china, Provinzen Shanxi/Henan. Östliche Zhou/späte Großes Becken auf drei sehr kräftigen Füßen mit zwei Henkeln und einem flach gewölbten Deckel mit drei Ringhenkeln. Auf Wandung und Deckel Bänder, gefüllt mit drachenähnlichen Formen auf einem glatten Grund. In der Mitte des Deckels Rondell mit Volutenformen und ruyi-Motiven. An Henkeln und Beinen gravierte Voluten und Spiralen. An Korpus und Boden Gussnähte. Rest. H 26,1 cm; Innendurchmesser 21 cm; B an den Henkeln 35 cm Provenienz Sammlung Gottfried Hertel (1925-2019), Köln Literatur Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, New York 1995, Kat.-Nr. 13-17 und 20 - - - 25.00 % buyer's premium on the hammer price 19.00 % VAT on buyer's premium and other charges; not indicated and not reclaimable; VAT margin scheme
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