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TRIPOD Tomb Container

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Asian Antiques Start Price:850.00 USD Estimated At:1,200.00 - 1,600.00 USD
TRIPOD Tomb Container
Online Auction only, with advance bids accepted at iCollector and at the Gallery. No live bidding
in the Gallery, and tie bids go to the earliest bidder. All proceeds will go 100% to the World Peace Foundation Building Fund of Hadley, MA.
Nicely designed and potted, on the model of a working brass Cooking Pot (which would have had longer legs), this Tomb container was used to house cooked and dried foods, herbs, nuts & seeds, or even wine for the use of the spirits when the tomb was sealed. Well-formed, of grey body-clay, its legs are intact and undamaged (rare) and it retains a lot of the white auspicious painting that was applied to its upper surface. One small ding on its outer flange - otherwise perfect. It measures 7-5/8" across by 4-3/8" tall. A great looking work of art.