East Asian Art

 Chinese, Shang dynasty  (ca 1600 - 1050 BC)

Cooking Vessel (Ding)

13th - 11th century BC

bronze

8 x 6½ in
20.32 x 16.51 cm

Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
57.45.9

Cast on the body of this ding are various decorations that range from animal masks, known as taotie to fireballs and cicadas.

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