Fu Yi Gong
A Bronze Zun (Wine Vessel)
Sanxingdui Bronze Heads
A Bronze Ding(Food Vessel) |
Wine vessel, Late Shang Dynasty Gong is a kind of wine vessel and this one's shape is a hybrid of many different animals. Its cover is adorned with the head of an imaginary animal with rabbit ears and giraffe horns, with a small dragon in high relief as its chine. The back of the cover is in ox-head shape, corresponding to the ox-head-shaped handle. Its belly is embellished with big phoenix patterns and its ring foot with phoenix-claw patterns. |
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