Banded Yan

[Banded Yan]

Banded Yan, 61.5 cm in height, 47.4 cm in width and 28.8 kg in weight
The steamer is a rectangular and deep box shape, with an open mouth, a vertical ear, a partition in the mouth, a large belly, an oblique abdominal wall, a grating hole at the flat bottom, and a tenon ring inserted into the bottom of the caldron. Li is a square shoulder with a large mouth, and a pair of square ears with rounded corners on the shoulder, with flat crotch and hoof-shaped feet. The steamer body is decorated with rings and stripes
Yan appeared in the early Shang Dynasty and formed a square Yan in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. Up to now, Yan is in the form of continuous casting of steamer and ge. Split Yan appeared in the early spring and autumn
This Yan was unearthed in Xinzheng, Henan in 1923