A two-part bronze food vesssel (xian or yan). Western Zhou dynasty (11th century-771 BC)
In two parts; the conical basin with a pierced bottom, an everted lip and two vertical handles is decorated with a band of intertwined dragons (panchi) and is set onto a bulbous tripod with two diagonally set handles. The basin with an inscription to the inside. Patina reworked and restoration beneath one of the handles of the basin. (2)
Height 43.8 cm; diameter 33.6 cm
西周早期 青銅蟠螭紋三足甗
來源：美國私人收藏，20世紀20年代後：紐約 E&J Frankel 收藏
奧地利勞裡斯實習生，作曲家和收藏家 Friedrich Georg Zeileis（1939-）
德國倫佩茨，2002年6月7/8日，編號194
德國科隆 Gottfried Hertel（1925-2019）私人收藏
载于：Friedrich Georg Zeileis（著），Von Shang bis Qing，Dreieinhalb Jahrtausende Chinesische Bronze，勞裡斯 2007年，56號，第168-169頁
Certificate
Analyses of the bronce through Dr W. Thomas Chase, prior to the purchase by E&J Frankel (not available)
Analyses by Dr Anna Bennet, July 1998, who authenticated the date, lab. no. 91040 (not available)
Provenance
Private collection, USA, since the 1920s
E&J Frankel, New York
Collection Friedrich Georg Zeileis (born 1939), Rauris, Austria; physician, composer and collector
Lempertz, Köln, 7./8.6.2002, lot 194
Collection Gottfried Hertel (1925-2019), Cologne
Literature
Illustrated in: Friedrich Georg Zeileis, Von Shang bis Qing. Dreieinhalb Jahrtausende Chinesische Bronze, 3. revidierte und erweiterte Fassung, Rauris 2007, no. 56, p. 168-169