西周 青銅壺|Wine container (Hu)
Unknown
late 9th–early 8th century BCE · Bronze · Asian Art
As the Shang animal mask lost its symbolic meaning under the Zhou, it dissolved into an ornamental pattern, as here, where an “eye” is encircled by curving hooked lines.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- late 9th–early 8th century BCE
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber through the Live Oak Foundation, 1988
