Room 10 | China 3000 BC-AD 800 gallery
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Ritual wine vessel, or you, with taotie masks and thunder-scroll pattern
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Details
- Associated place
- Material and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
- with lid and handle 20.5 x 16 x 10 cm max. (height x width x depth)
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze
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- No. of items
- 2
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.872
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Further reading
Loveday, Helen, Chinese Bronzes in the Ashmolean Museum: An Illustrated Handbook to the Collections (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 1990), pp. 19, 22, 25, & 28, illus. p. 18 pl. 4
Glossary
taotie
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taotie
Stylized monster mask decoration with prominent eyes and scrolling horns. The motif has been known since the 1100s. Its significance remains mysterious.
Location
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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