Name: AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING
Brand: LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC
Price: 180000.00 HKD
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9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm.) across handles

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Acquired in Hong Kong in the early 1990s
Property from an important private American collection, sold at Christie’s New York, 13 September 2012, lot 1247

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LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING Estimate: HKD 180,000 - 320,000

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Cover:
- One loop ring has an ancient/possibly original repair
- There is blue-green encrustation to the interior

Vessel:
- Based on examination by X-ray, there are restorations to the lower body, both handles and all three legs; one leg has a pin on its interior
- There are some chips and dents to edges and extremities, and bottom of two feet
- There are some fine surface cracks to the bottom of the interior, and the vessel has areas of malachite encrustation

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LATE SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, EARLY 5TH CENTURY BC AN ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING Estimate: HKD 180,000 - 320,000

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