Saturday, December 4, 2010

Bronze Age



Spouted ritual wine vessel (guang), ca. 1300–1050 B.C.
Anyang, Henan Province, China

   




Vessel (zun), ca. 1600–1050 B.C.
Anyang, Henan Province, China






Buffalo, ca. 1600–1050 B.C.
China






Handle-shaped ornament, ca. 1046–771B.C.
China






Pair of covered ritual wine containers (hu), ca. 1046–771 B.C.
China






Wine container (hu), Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770–ca. 475B.C.), early 5th centuryB.C.
China






Bell, 770–ca. 475 B.C.
China






Ritual food container (dui), 771–256 B.C.
China






Pendant in the form of a knotted dragon, 770–256 B.C.
China