Ritual wine vessel, or you, with taotie masks and thunder-scroll pattern

Details

• Title

  Ritual wine vessel, or you, with taotie masks and thunder-scroll pattern

• Associated place

  Asia › China (place of creation)

• Date

  1200 BC - 950 BC
  Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 - c. 1050 BC)
  Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 1050 - c. 771 BC)

• Material and technique

  bronze

• Material index

  processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze

• Technique index

  formed › cast

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › religious/ritual vessel;

  miscellaneous equipment › lid;

  religious/ritual equipment › religious/ritual vessel › you

• Dimensions

  with lid and handle 20.5 x 16 x 10 cm max. (height x width x depth)

• No. of items

  2

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.872

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