CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, PRODUCED IN WARRING STATES / HAN DYNASTY STYLE)
MASSIVE ARCHAISTIC CAST BRONZE RITUAL COVERED TRIPOD VESSEL (DING / YOU)
THE GLOBULAR COMPRESSED BODY CAST WITH TWO REGISTERS OF ARCHAIC CLOUD-AND-THUNDER (LEIWEN) AND STYLIZED ZOOMORPHIC SCROLLS
RAISED UPON THREE CABRIOLE LEGS SURMOUNTED BY RELIEF TAOTIE BEAST MASKS TERMINATING IN CYLINDRICAL FEET
FEATURING TWO OPPOSING ZOOMORPHIC LOOP LUGS AT THE SHOULDERS ATTACHED TO AN ELABORATE ARCHED OVERHEAD SWING CHAIN HANDLE
THE FITTED CIRCULAR COVER CENTRED WITH A SPIRALING WHORL / TAOTIE MEDALLION ENCIRCLED BY FOUR VERTICAL SUSPENSION RINGS
FINISHED WITH A HEAVY DISTRESSED MALACHITE-GREEN VERDIGRIS PATINA AND EARTHEN BURIAL BLOOM
MEASURES APPROX. 8.5 IN HIGH, 7.5 IN DIAMETER AT THE WIDEST POINT
CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE CHAIN-HANDLE TRIPOD DING
CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, PRODUCED IN WARRING STATES / HAN DYNASTY STYLE) MASSIVE ARCHAISTIC CAST BRONZE RITUAL COVERED TRIPOD VESSEL (DING / YOU) THE GLOBULAR COMPRESSED BODY CAST WITH TWO REGISTERS OF ARCHAIC CLOUD-AND-THUNDER (LEIWEN) AND STYLIZED ZOOMORPHIC SCROLLS RAISED UPON THREE CABRIOLE LEGS SURMOUNTED BY RELIEF TAOTIE BEAST MASKS TERMINATING IN CYLINDRICAL FEET FEATURING TWO…