 | | Lot No. | | *** | | Description: | An Important Archaic Bronze Ding, late Shang Dynasty 13th-11th Century B.C, with upright loop handles, finally cast with a frieze of Gui dragons above three large daodie masks, areas of heavy malachite encrustation Illegible inscription of one or two pictograms on the inside wall 21 cm High, 17 cm Diameter. Provenance: The J T Thai Collection, New York. Exhibited: Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, The William Bowmore Collection, The Fine Art of Giving; 90 Masterpieces, 2nd November 1999-1st April 2000. See The Freer Chinese Bronzes, Vol 1, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington Dc, 1967, cat no no 28, p 160-163, for a similar Ding; Also a similar example was sold in Christies Ny, 17/9/2008, lot 225 | | Estimate: | *** | | Price: | *** | | Category: | Antiquities — Asian | |
