Work ID:
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M01B00035
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Title:
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Bronze Ding vessel with Tian Fu Ji 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: 19.9 cm; Weight: 1730g
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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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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.
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ImageV ID:
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M01B00035AS001
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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