CHINESE GILT COPPER TRIPOD RITUAL DING VESSEL

CHINESE (20TH CENTURY, CAST IN ARCHAIC HAN/WARING STATES STYLE) CHINESE ARCHAISTIC PARCEL-GILT COPPER / BRONZE TRIPOD VESSEL (DING / ZUN), RAISED ON THREE ANTHROPOMORPHIC DRAGON-MASK CABRIOLE LEGS THE EXTERIOR HEAVILY EMBOSSED WITH CELESTIAL DRAGONS AND MYTHICAL BEASTS AMIDST CLOUD SCROLLS HIGHLIGHTED IN GILT ACCENTS MEASURES APPROX. 6.375 IN HIGH, 5 IN IN THE WIDEST POINT