Ritual wine-serving vessel ("4-ram zun"), bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, excavated at Ningxiang, Hunan. (Shang)

Ritual serving vessel (guang), bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, probably from Anyang. Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA. (Shang)

Ritual serving vessel in elephant shape, bronze, c. 12th c. BCE. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Shang)

Ritual wine bucket with man in tiger's mouth, bronze, c. 12th c. BCE. Cernuschi Museum, Paris. (Shang)

Standing figure, bronze, c. 1200 BCE, excavated at Sanxingdui, Guanghan, Sichuan. (Shang)

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