An unusual Chinese bronze ritual food vessel and cover, 'ding', possibly Eastern Zhou

H 32 cm - L 25,5 cm

Condition:
- Overall in good, solid condition.
- Typical small losses to the superficial encrustation and patination.
- Some spots of rust throughout.
- The cover properly fitting, but slightly different in terms of patination and encrustation. This may be due to being buried separately, in a slightly different soil composition.

Provenance:
- The collection of Mr. and Mrs. S., Ghent, Belgium.
- Acquired from Het Magazijn, Ghent, in July 2005, according to the owner's inventory notes.
- Acquired by Het Magazijn from the collection of dr. Wong-Lun-Hing, Breda, The Netherlands, according to the owner's inventory notes.