CHINESE SHANG DYNASTY BRONZE DING VESSEL

Ca. 1100-1000 BC
A bronze ding vessel with a deep, rounded body, sat upon three flattened bird-shaped legs. The lipped rim is flanked by two imposing upright loop handles. The body itself is adorned with a circumferential band of whorl-roundels, interwoven with delicate floral motifs and punctuated by a central nodule. Restored. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1974.268.20.
Size: L:240mm / W:200mm ; 1.5kg
Provenance: East Anglian private collection; formerly acquired in the early 1990s in Hong Kong. This item has been checked against the Art Loss Register database.
Estimate: GBP 4000 - 8000