The sides of the vessel horizontally grooved below a band of dissolved taotie centered on a simplified mask on two sides, the ring foot cast with a band of hooked diagonals and raised on three faceted legs surmounted by animal masks, with a pair of C-shaped handles cast in intaglio with scrolls issuing from tusked masks with scrolled snouts, the pendent tabs at the bottom also cast in intaglio with hooks, the matching cover with a short cylindrical handle above grooved bands and a band of inverted taotie masks, the vessel cast with different lengthy dedicatory inscriptions, with mottled pale grey and green patina. Includes Technical Examination Report by PIETER MEYERS for authenticity.
Late Western Zhou Dynasty.
Height: 12 in (30.5 cm) Diameter: 12 1/4 in (31.1 cm) Weight: 4170.0g
Christie's New York, March 18th 2009, lot 215.
Western Zhou Bronze from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, ISBN 978-0810939875, page 308.

西周青銅鼎
鼎是我國青銅文化的代表，鼎在古代被視為立國重器，是國家和權力的象徵。直到現在，中國人仍然有一種鼎崇拜的意識。“鼎”也被賦予了尊貴、“盛大”等引申意義。|此件西周時期鼎為直耳，半球腹，足為獸蹄形，矮短而莊重有力，鼎的口沿還裝飾有環帶狀的重環紋。整個造型渾厚凝重，飾紋簡潔古雅樸素，具有濃厚的生活氣息，是西周晚期的鼎由宗教轉向世俗生活的代表作品。|鼎內刻有9行8列銘文，內容為：唯王九月丁亥，王客（格）於般宮，丼白內右（邢伯入佑）利，立中廷，北鄉（向），王乎乍（呼作）命內史冊命利，曰：易女（錫汝）赤巿、（鑾）旂，用事，利（拜稽）首，對（揚）天子不（丕）皇休，用乍（作朕文）考白（漣伯尊）鼎，利（其）萬年子孫永寶用。|此鼎沉雄厚實，鑄工精湛，歷史悠久，保存完整，實為難得，為青銅收藏上上品。|來源：紐約佳士得，2009年3月18日拍賣，拍品215，Arthur M. Sackler 收藏。