Detail View: National Palace English: Bronze Yue axe with animal mask motif
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Work ID:
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M01B00050
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Title:
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Bronze Yue axe with animal mask 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: 6.5 cm; Weight: 480g
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Material:
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Bronze
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Form:
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Yue (axe)
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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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The type of decoration on this yue is frequently seen in the central plains. Decorations are mainly situated on the "insides", the rear side of the axe and the tubular shaft. The rear side of the axe is decorated with thin lines of shallow relief mostly in thunder patterns. There are also flat T-hook shaped patterns that resemble flanges, which also belong to the decorative system of the central plains. The flat "inside" is decorated with cloud-and-thunder like patterns, but the eyes of animals seem to emerge from the geometric patterns making them geometricized animal mask motifs.
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ImageV ID:
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M01B00050AS002
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Rights:
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Lee & Lee Communications
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