COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
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ChineseArtENG~1~1
National Palace English
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Work ID:
M01B00037
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M01B00037
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Title:
Bronze He vessel with interlacing dragon motif
title_e
Bronze He vessel with interlacing dragon motif
Title
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Creation Date:
Late Shang and Early Zhou Dynasty
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Late Shang and Early Zhou Dynasty
Creation Date
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Start Year Date:
B.C.1321
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B.C.1321
Start Year Date
false
End Year Date:
B.C.950
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B.C.950
End Year Date
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Dynasty:
05 Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ~1100 B.C.)
dynasty
05 Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ~1100 B.C.)
Dynasty
false
Dynasty:
06 Zhou Dynasty (c. 1100 ~ 256 B.C.)
dynasty
06 Zhou Dynasty (c. 1100 ~ 256 B.C.)
Dynasty
false
Creation Place:
China
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China
Creation Place
false
Measurements:
Height: 27.5 cm; Weigth: 4640g
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Height: 27.5 cm; Weigth: 4640g
Measurements
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Material:
Bronze
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Bronze
Material
false
Form:
He (wine vessel)
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He (wine vessel)
Form
false
Type:
Bronzes
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Bronzes
Type
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Subject:
Dragon
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Dragon
Subject
false
Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Repository
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Description:
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.
description_e
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.
Description
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ImageV ID:
M01B00037AS006
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M01B00037AS006
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Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications
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Lee & Lee Communications
Rights
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