A RARE LARGE CHINESE TWIN HANDLED ARCHAIC BRONZE RECTANGULAR RITUAL FOOD VESSEL Fangding, probably late Shang/early Western Zhou Dynasty, Luoyang, decorated with bands of motifs and a Greek Key banding. 43 cm x 36 cm x 23 cm. Note: A similar fangding is in the Freer Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C., accession no. S1987.305 with an inscription to the Grand Protector or Taibao, Duke Shi of Shao & A second example inlaid with black pigment from the Collection of Florence K. Sloane, 1950 is on view at the Hermitage Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, no. 1950.0001.01(50-G-1), which is known to have been excavated in 1929 near the city of Luoyang in North-Eastern China.