Hu jar with tubular handles and animal mask design, late Shang period, c. 13th-12th century BCE

Hu jar with tubular handles and animal mask design, late Shang period, c. 13th to 12th century BCE


  • Image Number:C1A001872N000000000PAB
  • Dynasty:Shang dynamity
  • Category:Bronzes
  • Architectural dimension:3939. 4 mouth transverse 20 × 15cm
  • Function:ritual vessel, water vessel, wine vessel
  • Material:mineral/metal/bronze. There are six layers of decorative patterns from top to bottom, with animal facial patterns along the lower part of the mouth and the middle abdomen, and Kui phoenix patterns symmetrically on the neck and around the feet. The midsection with the largest decoration area is the animal face pattern with Kui Dragon as its big curling horn. Through the ears, the animal face is carved in shallow relief. The device is full of orderly arranged patterns, convex animal eyes, main patterns outlined by thin lines and dense cloud and thunder patterns. It has a complex but solemn vision, showing a typical style of late Shang Dynasty

商代晚期 獸面紋貫耳壺

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