AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING

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AN ARCHAISTIC BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING
Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century
12,2 x 10 cm
Provenance: Naples, Villa della Floridiana, Museo Duca di Martina, Placido de Sangro (1829-1891) collection.
inv. n. 4822.

In this vase the inspiration to archaic models of ritual tripod vases is not limited only to the shape and the style of the decoration but it also involves the patina which takes on the coppery reddish-green hues typical of the bronze artifacts of the Shang and Zhou dynasties.
The presence of the wooden lid, surmounted by a carved jade finial, is quite common in this kind of archaistic production.