According to Hentze it is possible that the neck and lid of this vessel represent the shape of the oldest type of Chinese house with hip roof. This jar is the most representative of all the sacral bronze vessels. -- 50 x 28 x 23 cm
This bronze vessel is in the shape of a rhinoceros and is a most unusual example. According to Chine...
An ancient Chinese wine vessel made from bronze from the Late Shang Dynasty (13th-11th Century B.C.)...
This Hu vessel derives its shape from the archaic sacrificial bronze wine jar of ancient Chinese cul...
This jar was used as a wine storage vessel. Nipples and square spirals pattern with four rams' heads...
It is used as a storage vessel for sacrificial wine. This unusual shape of the lidded vessel with a ...
This bronze vessel for storing sacrificial wine is in the shape of a horned owl. The wings are shape...
This bronze jar is for storing sacrificial wine. The side which faces the viewer is the head-on view...
This vessel was used for the heating of sacrificial wine and is an example of the rarer version of t...
This bronze vessel was found in Anyang. Though generally classed among the wine vessels, its purpose...
The sacrificial wine is heated in this vessel. It is unusual for vessels of the Shang period to have...
This is a pouring vessel for sacrificial wine in the shape of an elephant. The lid knob is in the sh...
The plump shape of the vessel is characteristic of the art of this period, as well as the manner in ...
This bowl was used as a container for sacrificial food offerings. It belongs to the group of kuei (g...
This vessel was used for food offerings. It is said to come from Li-yu in Shansi, where, in 1923, th...
This wheel-turned red clay wine jar was modelled after a bronze wine vessel called a Hu. It is decor...
This bronze vessel is in the shape of a rhinoceros and is a most unusual example. According to Chine...
An ancient Chinese wine vessel made from bronze from the Late Shang Dynasty (13th-11th Century B.C.)...
This Hu vessel derives its shape from the archaic sacrificial bronze wine jar of ancient Chinese cul...
This jar was used as a wine storage vessel. Nipples and square spirals pattern with four rams' heads...
It is used as a storage vessel for sacrificial wine. This unusual shape of the lidded vessel with a ...
This bronze vessel for storing sacrificial wine is in the shape of a horned owl. The wings are shape...
This bronze jar is for storing sacrificial wine. The side which faces the viewer is the head-on view...
This vessel was used for the heating of sacrificial wine and is an example of the rarer version of t...
This bronze vessel was found in Anyang. Though generally classed among the wine vessels, its purpose...
The sacrificial wine is heated in this vessel. It is unusual for vessels of the Shang period to have...
This is a pouring vessel for sacrificial wine in the shape of an elephant. The lid knob is in the sh...
The plump shape of the vessel is characteristic of the art of this period, as well as the manner in ...
This bowl was used as a container for sacrificial food offerings. It belongs to the group of kuei (g...
This vessel was used for food offerings. It is said to come from Li-yu in Shansi, where, in 1923, th...
This wheel-turned red clay wine jar was modelled after a bronze wine vessel called a Hu. It is decor...
This bronze vessel is in the shape of a rhinoceros and is a most unusual example. According to Chine...
An ancient Chinese wine vessel made from bronze from the Late Shang Dynasty (13th-11th Century B.C.)...
This Hu vessel derives its shape from the archaic sacrificial bronze wine jar of ancient Chinese cul...