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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 38.87355

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Title

Baking Bread, Labor of the Month for December

Artist

Jean de Court, called Vigier

Physical Description

This enamel roundel depicts three figures in an interior. In the foreground a man with a soft pointed cap maneuvers small round loaves of bread in an oven with a long wooden paddle. Behind him a woman with an elaborate headdress and another figure prepare more loaves for baking. The silvery gray tones of this grisaille enamel impart the scene with a subtle luminosity.

Artist Life Dates

active 1541-1564

Century

16th century

Object Creation Date

1540-1560

Accession Number

1977/1.168

Medium and Support

enamel

relevance

rank 38.02203

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