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Ritual wine container (fang yi), bronze, Anyang (Loehr Style V)
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Royal tomb at Anyang 13th c. BCE (excavated in 1930s) (Shang) |
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Altar containing array of Shang and W. Zhou bronze ritual vessels excavated in early 20th c. at Baoji, Shaanxi (Duan Fang altar set) (Shang) |
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Chart of ritual bronze vessel types |
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Diagram of bronze direct-casting process |
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Diagram of various forms of the taotie motif (Shang) |
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Ritual wine-warming vessel (jue), bronze, c. 16th c. BCE, excavated at Erlitou. (Shang) |
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Ritual cooking vessel (ding), bronze, c. 15th c. BCE, excavated at Panlongcheng, Hubei (Loehr Style I) (Shang) |
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Square ritual cooking vessel (fangding), bronze, c. 15th c. BCE, excavated at Zhengzhou, Henan (Loehr Style I) (Shang) |
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Ritual wine-warming vessel (he), bronze, c. 15th c. BCE, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (Loehr Style II) (Shang) |
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Ritual food-serving vessel (gui), bronze, c. 15th c. BCE, excavated at Panlongcheng, Hubei (Loehr Style III) (Shang) |
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Ritual cooker (ding), bronze, c. 12th c. BCE., probably from Anyang (Loehr Style IV). Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. (Shang) |
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Ritual wine bucket (yu) , bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, probably from Anyang (Loehr Style V). Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Shang) |
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Ritual wine container (fang yi), bronze, Anyang (Loehr Style V) |
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Square ritual wine-warming vessel (fangjia), bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, probably from Anyang. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Shang) |
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Square ritual wine-serving vessel (fanghe), bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, probably from Anyang. Nezu Museum, Tokyo. (Shang) |
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Ritual wine-serving vessel (zun), bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, excavated at Funan , Anhui. (Shang) |
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Square ritual cooking vessel (fangding) w. faces, bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, excavated at Ningxiang, Hunan (Shang) |
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Ritual wine-serving vessel ("4-ram zun"), bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, excavated at Ningxiang, Hunan. (Shang) |
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Ritual serving vessel (guang), bronze, c. 12th c. BCE, probably from Anyang. Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, MA. (Shang) |
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Ritual serving vessel in elephant shape, bronze, c. 12th c. BCE. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Shang) |
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Ritual wine bucket with man in tiger's mouth, bronze, c. 12th c. BCE. Cernuschi Museum, Paris. (Shang) |
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Mask, bronze, c. 1200 BCE, excavated at Sanxingdui, Guanghan, Sichuan. (Shang) |
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Standing figure, bronze, c. 1200 BCE, excavated at Sanxingdui, Guanghan, Sichuan. (Shang) |
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Oracle bone with incised characters (Shang) |
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Kneeling figure, jade, c. 1200 BCE, excavated from the tomb of Fu Hao at Anyang. (Shang) |
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Eagle pendant, jade, c. 1200 BCE, excavated from the tomb of Fu Hao at Anyang. (Shang) |
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Urn. White pottery. Ht. 33.2 cm. From Anyang. c. 12th c. BCE. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (Shang) |
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Beaker or vase (zun), pottery w. slight glaze. Ht. 28.2 cm. c. 15th c. BCE. Excavated at Zhengzhou, Henan. (Shang) |