Li ding - cooking vessel for sacrificial use. Bronze. Vessel on three legs, with horisontal lip and two handles. Neck band of cicada-like "cloud and thunder"-pattern with eyes" (xiejiao muyunwen). The body decorated with three taotie-masks. Inscription: xx Fu Ding inside yaxing.
Late Shang / early Western Zhou.
Glossy, greyish green water patina with red splotches.
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