A Chinese archaic bronze Li-Ding, late Shang/early Western Zhou, 12th-10th century BC, with two upright handles, well cast with a stylised band on the neck, the bulbous tri-form body supported on three straight legs, good patina with malachite incrustation, 22 cm high, 13 cm diameter. Provenance: Melbourne private collection. See Sothebys NY 19/3/2002 'the Robert Hatfield Ellsworth Collection', lot 14 for another example, dated early Western Zhou