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- Title
- Fang ding (“square tripod” cooking vessel) with taotie mask and gui dragon design
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- square ding (ting) tripod with four legs, the body as well as the upper portion of the four legs is decorated with "t'ao-t'ieh" zoomorphic design. One of the leg was recast after the rest of the body has been completed, thus had a less refined craftmanship and joint line at its base. The double loop handles are also decorated with zoomorphic design. A group of three inscription is cast on the upper portion of the interior wall, which reads as Fu (father) Ji (day name), followed by an symbolic representation of a chariot, possibly a clan emblem. The interior is plain, the animal bone remains attached to the bottom and variations in patina patterns with a line running through the middle indicates that the vessel was once filled with cooked meat offerings, presumably in a Shang elite burial in late second millennium B.C.E.
- Century
- 12th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 12th century BCE
- Accession Number
- 1961/2.82
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with malachite patina
- relevance
- rank 9.70902
- Title
- Dagger-axe (Ko)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Physical Description
- ceremonial jade ge dagger-axe, pointed blade on one end and squared tang for hafting on the other. It was broken and mented in the middle. Traces of cinnabar, red mercury sulfide, remain on the jade surface, indicating it probably came from a Shang elite burial in China. The jade material was probably fire treated to create the bony look.
- Century
- 16th-12th century BCE
- Object Creation Date
- 1600 BCE - 1100 BCE
- Accession Number
- 1960/2.119
- Medium and Support
- heat-treated jade
- relevance
- rank 9.60227