Jia wine vessel with animal mask pattern, Early Shang Dynasty, c. 16th to 14th century B.C.E.

Jia wine vessel with animal mask pattern, Early Shang Dynasty, c. 16th to 14th century B.C.E.

• Image Number:B1A000,039N000,000,000PAB
Dynasty:Shang dynamics
• Category:Bronzes
• Function:wine vessel, ritual vessel
• Material:Mineral/metal/bronze
• Description:
  , Flat bottom, three tapered feet. There is a pair of columns on the mouth edge, which is located above the two feet. The column is made of umbrella shaped column caps. There is a circle of string patterns in the mouth edge, one foot is out on the side, and the neck is decorated with animal face patterns around the abdomen. A model line is seen in the middle of the device, and a model line is left outside the bottom