Warring States |The vessel of globular form, supported by three cabriole legs, flanked at the shoulder by upright rectangular loop handles, decorated throughout with friezes of interlocking zoomorphic geometric spirals and stylised dragons, the patterns repeated on the domed cover surmounted by a flaring knob centred around a coiled , the bronze with a green patina and patches of malachite encrustration. 25cm (9 7/8in) wide (2).|戰國 青銅夔龍紋蓋鼎Provenance: a European private collection來源： 歐洲私人收藏A similar but larger ding in the Avery Brundage collection is illustrated in R.L.Lefebvre d'Argencé, Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Berkeley, 1966, pl.XXXIX; a similar but larger bronze ding vessel, Eastern Zhou dynasty, was sold at Christie's New York, 22 April 1999, lot 191.