Important Chinese Art
Important Chinese Art
Archaic Bronzes from the MacLean Collection
An archaic bronze tripod vessel and cover (Ding), Eastern Zhou dynasty, early Warring States period | 東周 戰國初 青銅魚紋鼎
Auction Closed
March 23, 06:46 PM GMT
Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
An archaic bronze tripod vessel and cover (Ding)
Eastern Zhou dynasty, early Warring States period
東周 戰國初 青銅魚紋鼎
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Width 9½ in., 24.1 cm
Wui Po Kok Antique Co, Ltd., Hong Kong, 2000.
滙寶閣古美術，香港，2000年
Richard A. Pegg and Zhang Lidong, The MacLean Collection: Chinese Ritual Bronzes, Chicago, 2010, pl. 46.
彭銳查及張立東，《The MacLean Collection: Chinese Ritual Bronzes》，芝加哥，2010年，圖版46
Related ding with this fish pattern are very rare. A comparable ding and cover, decorated with very similar fish motifs, is illustrated in Chen Mengjia, Haiwai zhongguo tongqi tulu [Chinese bronzes from overseas collections], vol. 1, Beijing, 2017, fig. 10; and another, formerly in the collection of Felix Guggenheim (1904-1976), was sold recently in these rooms, 29th September 2021, lot 1025.