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Ling

Ling and Lei both have small mouths and big bellies, and sometimes they are not easily distinguishable from each other.
Pou

Pou is perhaps only used in the middle and late Shang Dynasty.
Gong

Gong emerged in the late Shang Dynasty. Its body normally is elliptical or rectangular.
Square Yi

Square Yi was popular from the middle Shang Dynasty through the early Western Zhou Dynasty.

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Zun

Zun and You are usually used together and date back as early as the beginning of the Shang Dynasty.

Lei

Lei originated from the late Shang Dynasty. Usually it has a lid, a small mouth, a short neck...

Bronze Ware

Gilt Bronze Human-Shaped Lamp, Gold and Silver-Plating Boshan Censer, Bronze Galloping Horse Treading on a Flying Swallow, Bronze Mirror, Sanxingdui Bronze Heads, Bronze Wine Vessels of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Simuwu Bronze Vessel, Bronze Chime-bells of Marquis Yi of the Zeng State, Bronze Ware of the Zhongshan State

Square Zun Carved with Four Goat Heads

Square Zun Carved with Four Goat Heads

Shang Dynasty
Overall Height: 58.3cm
Weight: 34kg

Square Pot with Lotus and Crane Design

Square Pot with Lotus and Crane Design

Spring and Autumn period
Height: 117cm
Length of the mouth: 30.5cm
Width of the mouth: 24.9cm

Bronze Inscriptions

Bronze Inscriptions

The concave typeface of the characters is called as characters cut in intaglio; the raised characters are called as characters cut in relief.

Cowrie Container

Cowrie Container

The cowrie container is a unique type of bronze of the Dian Culture.

Bronze Pillow

Bronze Pillow

Using a pillow to support the head when sleeping began no later than the Western Zhou Dynasty in the Central Plain area.

Sheng

Sheng

Sheng was used to measure cereal in ancient times. It originated from the Warring States Period.