COLLECTION NAME:
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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ArtArtHiAAH~7~7
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Image Record ID:
aahi0002144
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Work Title (display):
Ox-Shaped Zun
Image Title:
Detail of designs on left flank
Work Description:
Wine vessel. Excavated in 1923 from a Jin (State) minister's tomb in Liyu Village, Hunyuan County, Shanxi province. This vessel was used for the storage of wine. The three cavities on the animal's back were used for warming wine. The center hole held a wine pot, and the other two were used to fill the zun with hot water to heat the wine. Two lids and the wine pot are now missing.
Work Dates (display):
ca. 5th century BCE
Work Dates type:
creation
Image Date (display):
2005-04-07
Work Creator (display):
unknown Zhou
Work Creator gender:
unknown
work_creator_or_agent_gender
unknown
Work Creator gender
false
Work Creator notes (display):
Refers to the culture of the Zhou dynasty, a period spanning ca. 1050 to 256 BCE. The Zhou dynasty succeeded the Shang dynasty. The area ruled by the Zhous was very large but their rule was not direct and so was often challenged. The Zhou period is divided into the Western Zhou (ca. 1050-771 BCE) and the Eastern Zhou (771-256 BCE). There was a great deal of regional diversity in the Zhou period, but overall it was a time of noteworthy political, philosophical, religious, and social changes. Many basic Chinese traditions were established and the earliest Chinese literature dates from the Zhou period, including the writing of Confucius. The population increased at this time and iron tools became more widespread, leading to agricultural advances. The rise of a merchant class and the development of coinage created a bigger market for artistic wares, of which bronzes remained the most important, becoming more secular and serving as symbols of status, wealth, and authority. Longer inscriptions are found on Zhou bronzes and are now valuable records of early Chinese history. The decoration of bronzes became more abstract, geometric, and colorful with an increased use of relief and precious inlay. The many small states of the Zhou dynasty became virtually independent of central authority and it was the Qin who eventually defeated the other states to establish the first unified Chinese rule. (AAT)
Work Style Period:
Zhou
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Zhou
Work Style Period
false
Work Style Period:
5th century BCE
work_styleperiod
5th century BCE
Work Style Period
false
Work Subject:
wine
subject
wine
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
figures
subject
figures
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
oxen
subject
oxen
Work Subject
false
Work Worktype:
zun (ritual vessels)
work_type
zun (ritual vessels)
Work Worktype
false
Work Worktype:
vessels (containers)
work_type
vessels (containers)
Work Worktype
false
Work Category (VRC classification):
metal
work_category__ucbaahvrc_classification_
metal
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Material and Technique (display):
bronze
Work Measurements (display):
33.7 cm (H) x 58.7 cm (W)
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
Shanghai bo wu guan
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
repository
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Shanghai, China
Image Rights (display):
© Ronald Wiedenhoeft. Licensed for educational use via Scholars Resource: Saskia, Ltd.
Work Rights (display):
public domain
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Collection:
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