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Ritual wine vessel, or zun, with animal mask decoration
- loan
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Details
- Associated place
- Date
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10th - 9th century BC (1000 - 801 BC)
Western Zhou Dynasty (c. 1050 - c. 771 BC)
- Material and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
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16.6 cm (height)
17.8 cm (diameter)
- Material index
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze
- Technique index
- Object type index
- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Sir Alan Barlow Collection Trust.
- Accession no.
- LI1301.11
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Further reading
University of Sussex, and Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Barlow Collection, supervised by Regina Krahl, Maurice Howard, and Aiden Leeves (Sussex: University of Sussex, 2006), no. B13
Glossary
zun
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zun
A Chinese bronze ritual liquid vessel.
Location
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- currently in research collection
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The Barlow Collection
The pear-shaped vessel has a trumpet-shaped neck and an outward curved foot. The shoulder is cast with a low-relief band of long-tailed birds confronted around high-relief animal masks. The birds have prominent eyes, long curved beaks, curled crests and elaborate tails stylized into scroll motifs, all on a scrollwork (leiwen) ground. The masks are depicted with eyes, pointed snout, ears and curled horns. The bronze surface is dark brown with asomewhat glossy, dark emerald-green patina in places.
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