Wine Vessel (Shi Fu Ren Zun) (Translation)
史父壬尊 商晚期 (Primary Title)
Tsun (Former Title)
Unknown (Artist)
The surface of this vessel is decorated with zoomorphic motifs in various registers, including dragons, birds, frogs, and animal masks, known as taotie, against a background filled with a fine spiral pattern. Either mythological or supernatural, these creatures might have derived from family totems.
Shang dynasty (1600 - 1045 BC)
Cast inside foot: 史父壬 shi fu ren
Adolph D. and Wilkins C. Williams Fund
殷周金文集成 Yin Zhou jinwen jicheng (The collection of bronze inscriptions in Shang and Zhou dynasties). Beijing: Zhonghua Shuju,1984-1994. No. 5662
January 21 – February 21, 1975, Bayly Art Museum – University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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