AN ARCHIAC BRONZE FOOD VESSEL 'DING'

Estimated Value:

1.000 € - 1.500 €

Result:

2.849 € incl. Premium and VAT

Description:

China, Song dynasty or earlier
B. 26 cm
The almost hemispherical body sits on three legs that thicken towards the top. A thin horizontal ridge runs around the widest part of the wall. Two ring handles and two fabulous animal head handles are attached to the body. The flat-rolled lid is decorated with a raised, round, openwork wreath with intertwined snake decoration and four ring handles.
Important South German private collection, collected between 1956 and 2004, lot no. 1002, according to handwritten note on the collection card from Czech, probably acquired before 1970 - Traces of age, old repairs

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