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20 juin 2015

Bronze Ritual Tripod Vessel Ding, China, presumably late Shang-early Western Zhou dynasty (12th-10th cent. BC)

Bronze Ritual Tripod Vessel Ding, China, presumably late Shang-early Western Zhou dynasty (12th-10th cent

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Bronze Ritual Tripod Vessel Ding, China, presumably late Shang-early Western Zhou dynasty (12th-10th cent. BC). Estimate 20 000 € / 26 000 €. Photo Auctionata AG

Bulbous vessel on three cabriole legs with mascarons - The exterior decorated with taotie masks and cicada ornaments - U-shaped handles rising from the mouth rim - The surface with a blackish green lacquer patina - Height: 31.5 cm; diameter: 24 cm - Weight: c. 4700 grams 

Provenance: Property of a French noble man, in the family collection since at least 1967 

Notes: The Taotie decoration at the wall and the cicada pattern border are closely related to another bronze DING in the Freer Collection, Washington (Acc.no. 46.31). Cf. Smithsonian Institution (ed.), The Freer Chinese Bronzes, vol. 1, Washington 1967, pp. 170-175. See also another DING with cicada decoration in the Art Gallery of New South Wales, dated to the Shang Dynastie (Acc.no. 572.1993). The elegant legs with large Taotie elements indicate a Western Zhou origin. Cf. an unusual large DING in the Shaanxi Provincial Museum, illustrated in Treasures from the Bronze Age of China, An Exhibition from the People’s Republic of China, exhib. cat., New York 1980, pp. 112, 184. 

A comparable DING with similar decoration, including the casting of the cicadas in relief, in the Museum Rietberg, Zurich is illustrated in Helmut Brinker, Bronzen aus dem Alten China, exhib. cat., no. 1. Another was included in the exhibition catalogue Jadequell und Wolkenmeer, 5000 Jahre chinesischer Kunst aus dem Museum von Shanghai, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg 1988, pp. 78-9, no. 18. Compare also a Zhou period DING cauldron with cicada pattern in the National Palace Museum, Taipei (accession no. Zheng-Tong-000004). 

DING
DING describes the shape of a Chinese vessel with three legs. The oldest vessels of this type date back to the Shang Dynasty. Even rarer are rectangular DING vessels with four legs, called FANGDING (方鼎). Originally DING were ritual vessels symbolizing the social status of its owner. In addition, they were used for offerings and the preparation of meat dishes. The building of the Shanghai Museum has the shape of a DING, for its design was inspired by the important vessel Da Ke Ding, which is now exhibited in the museum.

AUCTIONATA AG, 10719 BERLIN. Sculptures et Bronze d'Asie provenant de la Collection D'une Noble Famille Europééenne, le 20 Juin 2015 à 18h00

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