Ritual cooking vessel (ding), bronze, c. 15th c. BCE, excavated at Panlongcheng, Hubei (Loehr Style I) (Shang)

Ritual wine-warming vessel (he), bronze, c. 15th c. BCE, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (Loehr Style II) (Shang)

Ritual food-serving vessel (gui), bronze, c. 15th c. BCE, excavated at Panlongcheng, Hubei (Loehr Style III) (Shang)

Ritual cooker (ding), bronze, c. 12th c. BCE., probably from Anyang (Loehr Style IV). Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (Shang)

Ritual wine bucket (yu) , bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, probably from Anyang (Loehr Style V). Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Shang)

Ritual wine-serving vessel (zun), bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, excavated at Funan , Anhui. (Shang)

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