A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE TRIPOD RITUAL FOOD VESSEL AND COVER, DING Middle Western Zhou Dynasty The sides cast with a band of interlocking stylised dragons, a pair of upright loop handles set just below the rim, supported on three tall curling legs, the flat cover cast with a loop finial and surrounded by three evenly-spaced L-shaped finials, Japanese wood box. 27.1cm (10 1/4in) high. (3). Footnotes: Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價 西周中期 青銅蓋鼎 Provenance: a Japanese private collection, acquired before the 1960s The Masaki Museum of Art, Tadaoka, Japan Sotheby's New York, 11 September 2012, lot 94 Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2013, no.3. 來源：日本私人舊藏，於二十世紀六十年代前入藏 日本正木美術館舊藏 紐約蘇富比，2012年9月11日，拍品編號94 展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2013年，編號3 For a discussion about this type of covered ding and illustrations of related forms see J.Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M.Sackler Collections, vol. IIB, Washington D.C, 1990, pp.271-277, fig.15.5 and no.16. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com