Emporium Hamburg
Auction 85-86 8-10 May
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A very important and extremely fine bronze tripod ritual rood vessel "Ding"
The rounded sides supported by three open moulded dragon-shaped legs, with two upright loop handles issuing from the lipped rim. The body decorated with a band of stylized dragons between two bands of small circles, characteristic of the period, with a pictograph of a Chariot on the belly (a family emblem). Good green patina.
Style of: Early Shang, Zhengzhou (15th – 14th century BC) Antiques Analytics states 'produced in the 20th century' (Sample AA 18-080611)
Height: 22cm Diameter: 17.5cm
The same type of pictograph seen here was seen on a bronze vase "Ku" in the former collection of the famous English collector Lord Cunlife (see Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, pg. 78, no. 4) and has been found on a Fang Ding in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada (see he T.T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art Catalogue, pl.13)
Sotheby's March/April 1986, pg.47 review Dec. 1985. D.Deydier, Les Bronzes Chinois, pg.24-25. http://sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/fine-chinese-ceramics-works-of-art-n09192/lot.119.html
The rounded sides supported by three open moulded dragon-shaped legs, with two upright loop handles issuing from the lipped rim. The body decorated with a band of stylized dragons between two bands of small circles, characteristic of the period, with a pictograph of a Chariot on the belly (a family emblem). Good green patina.
Style of: Early Shang, Zhengzhou (15th – 14th century BC) Antiques Analytics states 'produced in the 20th century' (Sample AA 18-080611)
Height: 22cm Diameter: 17.5cm
The same type of pictograph seen here was seen on a bronze vase "Ku" in the former collection of the famous English collector Lord Cunlife (see Watson, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, pg. 78, no. 4) and has been found on a Fang Ding in the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada (see he T.T. Tsui Galleries of Chinese Art Catalogue, pl.13)
Sotheby's March/April 1986, pg.47 review Dec. 1985. D.Deydier, Les Bronzes Chinois, pg.24-25. http://sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2014/fine-chinese-ceramics-works-of-art-n09192/lot.119.html