Period:Shang dynasty Production date:1200BC-1050BC (circa)
Materials:bronze
Technique:cast
Subjects:taotie
Dimensions:Height: 20 centimetres
Description:
Ritual vessel, jue. The vessel is of orthodox shape depicting the metropolitan style of the Shang period. Decorated with taotie mask design and a band of inverted cicadas. It has an inscription/pictogram. Made of bronze.
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![图片[1]-jue BM-1935-0724.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Shang dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00163036_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-jue BM-1935-0724.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Shang dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00308034_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-jue BM-1935-0724.9-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Shang dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00512992_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1992:While almost all bronze vessel shapes were based on Neolithic ceramics, the source of the earliest type of all, the ‘jue’, is something of a mistery. It has a narrow spout, a sharply angled body and small posts on the lip; the ‘jue’ survived in this shape for two thousand years.As a group, bronze ritual vessels would have created a striking visual effect. Golden in colour when first made, they would rapidly have turned black in the humid summer climate of north-central China.
Materials:bronze
Technique:cast
Subjects:taotie
Dimensions:Height: 20 centimetres
Description:
Ritual vessel, jue. The vessel is of orthodox shape depicting the metropolitan style of the Shang period. Decorated with taotie mask design and a band of inverted cicadas. It has an inscription/pictogram. Made of bronze.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1992:While almost all bronze vessel shapes were based on Neolithic ceramics, the source of the earliest type of all, the ‘jue’, is something of a mistery. It has a narrow spout, a sharply angled body and small posts on the lip; the ‘jue’ survived in this shape for two thousand years.As a group, bronze ritual vessels would have created a striking visual effect. Golden in colour when first made, they would rapidly have turned black in the humid summer climate of north-central China.
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