Qin Gong Bronze Ding with Scale Pattern

Unearthed from Dabaozi Mountain in Li County in the early Spring and Autumn Period, 41 cm high and 40 cm in diameter. Folded rim, flat lip, two upright ears. Wide mouth, drooping belly, flat bottom, three hoof feet. There is a "mountain"-shaped ridge on the upper part of the foot, with the ridge as the nose ridge and animal face pattern. There is a circle of stolen curved pattern under the rim. There are three circles of hanging scale pattern on the abdomen, and two convex string patterns are separated between the neck and the abdomen. The outer contour of the ears is decorated with heavy ring pattern. The inner wall of the belly is engraved with "Qin Gong made a tripod for casting". …