CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, CAST IN ARCHAIC ZHOU DYNASTY STYLE)
HEAVY PATINATED COPPER ALLOY RITUAL COVERED CAULDRON (DING) WITH A DEEP HEMISPHERICAL BODY RAISED ON THREE CABRIOLE LEGS CAST WITH TAOTIE MASKS
FLANKED BY TWO TALL RECTANGULAR LOOP HANDLES, SURMOUNTED BY A DOMED COVER FITTED WITH THREE SPLAYED LOOP FINIALS
THE COVER AND EXTERIOR BODY DENSELY CAST WITH EXTENSIVE ARCHAIC BRONZE-SCRIPT (JINWEN) INSCRIPTIONS
THE DOMED LID RETAINING PROMINENT TRACES OF PARCEL-GILT HIGHLIGHTS
MEASURES APPROX. 13 IN HIGH TO HANDLES, 9.25 IN DIAMETER (RIM)
CHINESE ARCHAISTIC GILT COPPER ALLOY TRIPOD DING
CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, CAST IN ARCHAIC ZHOU DYNASTY STYLE) HEAVY PATINATED COPPER ALLOY RITUAL COVERED CAULDRON (DING) WITH A DEEP HEMISPHERICAL BODY RAISED ON THREE CABRIOLE LEGS CAST WITH TAOTIE MASKS FLANKED BY TWO TALL RECTANGULAR LOOP HANDLES, SURMOUNTED BY A DOMED COVER FITTED WITH THREE SPLAYED LOOP FINIALS THE COVER AND EXTERIOR BODY DENSELY…