This vessel was used for the heating of sacrificial wine and is an example of the rarer version of this vessel in its square and four-legged form. Most commonly the vessel is in the form of a tripod and round. It is lidded, with two handles. The decoration is a horned, winged owl with a small dragon and the lid handles are two horned birds. -- h: 31.1 cm
This is an example of a fangding or rectangular ding which is supported on four legs in the shape of...
An ancient Chinese wine vessel made from bronze from the Late Shang Dynasty (13th-11th Century B.C.)...
This bronze vessel is in the shape of a rhinoceros and is a most unusual example. According to Chine...
It is used as a storage vessel for sacrificial wine. This unusual shape of the lidded vessel with a ...
The sacrificial wine is heated in this vessel. It is unusual for vessels of the Shang period to have...
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 is a pouring vessel for sacrificial wine in the shape of an elephant. The lid knob is in the sh...
According to Hentze it is possible that the neck and lid of this vessel represent the shape of the o...
This jar was used as a wine storage vessel. Nipples and square spirals pattern with four rams' heads...
On the narrow side of the beaker long-necked birds form a second pair of horns for a t'ao-t'ieh (tao...
This bronze vessel was found in Anyang. Though generally classed among the wine vessels, its purpose...
This bronze-cast jue, or ritual wine vessel, originates from Shang Dynasty (1600-1045 BCE) China, bu...
This bowl was used as a container for sacrificial food offerings. It belongs to the group of kuei (g...
It rests on three legs formed in the shape of sharp-beaked birds. It was used as a cooking vessel fo...
This is an example of a fangding or rectangular ding which is supported on four legs in the shape of...
An ancient Chinese wine vessel made from bronze from the Late Shang Dynasty (13th-11th Century B.C.)...
This bronze vessel is in the shape of a rhinoceros and is a most unusual example. According to Chine...
It is used as a storage vessel for sacrificial wine. This unusual shape of the lidded vessel with a ...
The sacrificial wine is heated in this vessel. It is unusual for vessels of the Shang period to have...
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 is a pouring vessel for sacrificial wine in the shape of an elephant. The lid knob is in the sh...
According to Hentze it is possible that the neck and lid of this vessel represent the shape of the o...
This jar was used as a wine storage vessel. Nipples and square spirals pattern with four rams' heads...
On the narrow side of the beaker long-necked birds form a second pair of horns for a t'ao-t'ieh (tao...
This bronze vessel was found in Anyang. Though generally classed among the wine vessels, its purpose...
This bronze-cast jue, or ritual wine vessel, originates from Shang Dynasty (1600-1045 BCE) China, bu...
This bowl was used as a container for sacrificial food offerings. It belongs to the group of kuei (g...
It rests on three legs formed in the shape of sharp-beaked birds. It was used as a cooking vessel fo...
This is an example of a fangding or rectangular ding which is supported on four legs in the shape of...
An ancient Chinese wine vessel made from bronze from the Late Shang Dynasty (13th-11th Century B.C.)...
This bronze vessel is in the shape of a rhinoceros and is a most unusual example. According to Chine...