Covered Rectangular Wine Vessel (fang yi) with Design of Dragons
- Culture
- Chinese
- Date
- 11th century BCE
- Material
- Bronze
- associated with
- Henan province, China, Asia
- Classification
- Containers, metalwork
- Collection
- Asian Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 233
- Dimensions
- height: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
width: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
depth: 4 3/4 in. (12.1 cm)
height of vessel: 5 in. (12.7 cm)
width of vessel: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
depth of vessel: 4 5/8 in. (11.7 cm)
height of cover: 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
width of cover: 5 3/8 in. (13.7 cm)
depth of cover: 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm)
weight (vessel and cover): 4 lb. 12.8 oz. (2.2 kg)
weight (vessel only): 3 lb. (1.4 kg)
weight (cover only): 1 lb. 9.6 oz. (0.7 kg) - Credit Line
- Gift of J. Lionberger Davis Art Trust
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 127:1951
NOTES
This house-like vessel is decorated with three bands of designs. Such vessels are usually completely covered with decorative elements, but this was designed with large blank spaces on the cover and the body. The ritual use of this type of vessel was unknown until one was excavated with a ladle sticking out of it, indicating that it was a wine container.
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