A RARE INLAID BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI
EARLY EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH CENTURY BC
A RARE INLAID BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI EARLY EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH CENTURY BC Raised on three tapering hollow legs that continue smoothly up into the shallow rounded body flat cast on the shoulder with a band of six dragons with S-shaped bodies, all with heads turned backwards, three in one direction, the other three in the opposite direction, the background of the decoration with black inlay, all below an everted rim cast in intaglio with a fourteen-character inscription, with smooth mottled olive-green and black patina 6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high
A RARE INLAID BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI
EARLY EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH CENTURY BC
A RARE INLAID BRONZE RITUAL TRIPOD FOOD VESSEL, LI EARLY EASTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, EARLY SPRING AND AUTUMN PERIOD, 8TH CENTURY BC Raised on three tapering hollow legs that continue smoothly up into the shallow rounded body flat cast on the shoulder with a band of six dragons with S-shaped bodies, all with heads turned backwards, three in one direction, the other three in the opposite direction, the background of the decoration with black inlay, all below an everted rim cast in intaglio with a fourteen-character inscription, with smooth mottled olive-green and black patina 6¼ in. (15.8 cm.) high
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