Detail View: National Palace English: Bronze Ding vessel with Shi inscription
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Work ID:
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M01B00034
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Title:
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Bronze Ding vessel with Shi inscription
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Creation Date:
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Late Shang Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
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B.C.1321
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End Year Date:
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B.C.1045
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Dynasty:
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05 Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ~1100 B.C.)
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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Height: 23.5 cm; Weight: 3100g
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Material:
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Bronze
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Form:
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Ding (cooking vessel)
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Type:
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Bronzes
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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There are six flanges on the belly of the vessel. Attached to the rim are two U-shaped handles, and below the belly are three cylindrical feet. The belly is decorated with animal motifs, and creatures in profile view are being set in confronted pairs. The shape of the upward curving horns specifies it is probably ox-motif. In between the primary patterns are spiral cloud and thunder patterns that serve as a background. The fully decorated belly appears intricate and exquisite. On the feet are simple cicadas patterns.Inside the vessel directly above the back leg is a one-character inscription transcribed Shi. It appears in the shape of square and with hands holding bamboo scroll, and means that the officials of record keeping in the past are divided into recording events and recording speeches. Shang dynasty officials use Shi as their clan sign, which passes to their descendents and becomes a last name. This vessel is made by the clan of the record-keeping officials to hold meat for ancestral worship.
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ImageV ID:
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M01B00034AS002
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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