CHINESE ARCHAISTIC BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL

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Ottawa, Ontario, CA

CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / ARCHAISTIC STYLE) CAST PATINATED BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER (DING) CAST IN RELIEF IN A SHANG / ZHOU DYNASTY REVIVAL STYLE WITH BANDS OF ROUNDEL MEDALLIONS AND STYLIZED SCROLL WORK THE BULBOUS BODY FLANKED BY THREE PROMINENT, RIGID RAM-HEAD OR ANIMAL-HEAD UPRIGHT HANDLES, SUPPORTED BY THREE TALL RECTANGULAR LEGS…

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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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CHINESE SCHOOL (20TH CENTURY / ARCHAISTIC STYLE)
CAST PATINATED BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER (DING)
CAST IN RELIEF IN A SHANG / ZHOU DYNASTY REVIVAL STYLE WITH BANDS OF ROUNDEL MEDALLIONS AND STYLIZED SCROLL WORK
THE BULBOUS BODY FLANKED BY THREE PROMINENT, RIGID RAM-HEAD OR ANIMAL-HEAD UPRIGHT HANDLES, SUPPORTED BY THREE TALL RECTANGULAR LEGS MATCHING THE RELIEF DECORATION
THE DOMED COVER ENCIRCLED BY CORRESPONDING RELIEF BANDS AND SURMOUNTED BY A FLARED KNOB
FEATURING ARTIFICIAL MALACHITE-GREEN VERDIGRIS PATINATION
APPROX. 12 IN HIGH OVERALL