Detail View: National Palace English: Bronze Ding vessel with Tian Fu Ji inscription

Work ID: 
M01B00035
Title: 
Bronze Ding vessel with Tian Fu Ji inscription
Creation Date: 
Late Shang Dynasty
Start Year Date: 
B.C.1321
End Year Date: 
B.C.1045
Dynasty: 
05 Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ~1100 B.C.)
Creation Place: 
China
Measurements: 
Height: 19.9 cm; Weight: 1730g
Material: 
Bronze
Form: 
Ding (cooking vessel)
Type: 
Bronzes
Repository: 
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description: 
his vessel has a shallow belly, with three flattened feet, which has a evolved from the flat-footed potteries of the Neolithic period. Its surface is severely oxidized, covering the original golden color. In the middle of the belly is a band of horizontal cicadas pattern. The bodies of the cicadas are raised, and the background is decorated with diagonal-eyed thunder patterns. On the flattened feet are bird motifs in the shape of an owl, a pattern often seen in the late Shang.
ImageV ID: 
M01B00035AS001
Rights: 
Lee & Lee Communications