동제 준 중국 상 서주|銅製尊 中國 商 西周|Wine vessel ( Zun)

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13th–10th century BCE · Bronze · Asian Art

동제 준 중국 상 서주|銅製尊  中國 商 西周|Wine vessel ( Zun) — Unknown

This ritual wine vessel, called a zun, has a wide, flared lip to facilitate pouring. The center section bears the most common decorative motif of Shang and Zhou bronzes—a stylized animal “mask” called a taotie.

Artist
Unknown
Date
13th–10th century BCE
Medium
Bronze
Culture
China
Department
Asian Art
Credit line
Gift of Ernest Erickson Foundation, 1985

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