Square Wine Vessel (Che Fang Yi) (Translation)
車方彝 商晚期 (Primary Title)
Che Fang Yi (Transliterated Title)
Unknown (Artist)
Square-shaped bronzes appeared in the late Shang dynasty. This container resembles a house. An animal mask, or taotie, is shown upside down on each side of the slanting roof. The layered decoration on the vessel and its overall proportions demonstrate the sophisticated design and casting techniques developed in late Shang society.
Shang dynasty (1600 - 1045 BC)
Cast in interior bottom: 車 che
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
殷周金文集成 Yin Zhou jinwen jicheng (The collection of bronze wares inscriptions in ancient Yin and Zhou dynasties of China). Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju, 1984-1994. No. 9838
January 21 – February 21, 1975, Bayly Art Museum – University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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