Lot 2. A Chinese bronze ritual tripod food vessel, liding, Western Zhou dynasty (1100-771 BC); 6 ¾ in. (17 cm.) high. Estimate GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000. Price realised GBP 3,750. © Christie's Images Ltd 2019.

The tri-lobed body raised on three columnar legs, cast above each leg with a large taotie mask with rounded eyes, all reserved on a leiwen ground, a two-character inscription to the interior side.

Provenance: Paula Heuser Antiquitäten, Hamburg, Germany, 5 June 1935.
The Hermann Rosenfeld Collection, Hamburg, Germany, circa 1930s.
Acquired by the current owner from the heirs of Hermann Rosenfeld.