an 1843, circa, copy in the style of that ancient bronze. GUEST: I see. APPRAISER: It's called a ding vessel. Back in ancient China, this was used for ritual purpose. GUEST: Okay. APPRAISER ...

19 x 22.5 cm. (7.5 x 8.9 in.) ...

A huge round bronze "ding", or three-legged bowl, dating back to more than 3,000 years, has returned to China after being lost overseas for about 60 years. The vessel, with the inscription "Zilong ...

A bronze ding, a unique type of ancient Chinese cauldron ... which act as a lock keeping the lid on the vessel. This well-conceived mechanism has led researchers to theorize that the "bear ...

23.3 x 21.5 cm. (9.2 x 8.5 in.) ...

One of the highlights of the current exhibition is a ding, or bronze food vessel, that dates back to the Xia dynasty, over 3,000 years ago. Unearthed from a tomb at the Erlitou site in 1987, it’s the ...

A bronze ding (a food vessel) is placed under soft light. Beside it is a paper-and-ink rubbing of the ding, clearing showing the characters and patterns on the surface of the vessel that were ...

The Simuwu Ding lantern, weighing five tonnes, is a scaled replica of the ancient Chinese cooking vessel first discovered in 1939. The original bronze ding, an ancient cooking vessel with two loop ...