Inscribed jue wine vessel, late Shang dynasty, c. 13th-11th century BCE

Inspected ju wine vessel, late Shang dynamics, c. 13th-11th century BCE

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• Image Number:K1A002297N000000000PAB
• Dynasty:Shang dynamics
• Category:Bronzes
• Function:Ritual vessel, wine vessel
• Mat Serial:Mineral/metal/bronze
• Description:
  Long flow, pointed tail, mushroom shaped column, Deep abdomen, egg bottom, animal head, triangular cross section of the three feet, wide dorsum of the foot. The body is decorated with two groups of decomposed animal faces, and the animal eye is round and convex. The shapes and patterns are similar to those of the bronze jue (M11:108) unearthed from the Qianzhang Cemetery in Tengzhou, Shandong Province. The inscription is inside the wall. There are a large number of bronze vessels with inscriptions of this family name, unearthed in a wide range of places, and the age spans from the second phase of the Yin Ruins to the early Western Zhou Dynasty

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