商 青銅方鼎|Rectangular cauldron (Fangding)
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12th–11th century BCE · Bronze · Asian Art
The most common decorative motif on Shang and early Western Zhou ritual bronzes is a stylized animal “mask” (taotie) with bulging eyes and curved horns. These masks are typically composed of two confronted profiles of the same animal.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- 12th–11th century BCE
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Bequest of Addie W. Kahn, 1949
