Detail View: National Palace English: Bronze He vessel with interlacing dragon motif
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Work ID:
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M01B00037
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Title:
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Bronze He vessel with interlacing dragon motif
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Creation Date:
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Late Shang and Early Zhou 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.950
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Dynasty:
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05 Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ~1100 B.C.)
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Dynasty:
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06 Zhou Dynasty (c. 1100 ~ 256 B.C.)
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Creation Place:
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China
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Measurements:
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Height: 27.5 cm; Weigth: 4640g
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Material:
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Bronze
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Form:
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He (wine vessel)
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Type:
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Bronzes
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Subject:
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Dragon
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Repository:
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
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With the exception of its base, the whole vessel is covered in decorative patterns. The belly has four horned animal masks with slightly protruding eyeballs, noses, and ears. The spout is decorated with gui dragon pattern; the neck is decorated with an animal motif, and the foot with a cicada motif. All are rendered in detailed and exquisite shallow relief. Identical one-character inscriptions are inside the lid on the inside wall of the belly where the handle is attached. The structure of this character is pictographic. The top portion resembles a person in a headstand, and the bottom portion depicts a right toe in an upward position. Together they explain a person coming to receive a visitor. What later the standard script writes as ni ? had this original meaning of receiving someone in the Shang and Zhou dynasties. The oracle bone script of the late Shang had an official of record keeping named ni ?, therefore this wine vessel was probably owned by this person.
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ImageV ID:
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M01B00037AS004
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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