Images
Images
The Fate of the Ornament in Chinese Art
012 Bronze jue-cup from Erlitou, Henan province, late Xia or early Shang dynasty, 1st half of the 2nd millennium BCE.
013 Square bronze ding vessel decorated with Loher style 1 motifs, early-mid Shang dynasty, mid-2nd millennium BCE.
014 Bronze jia vessel decorated with Loehr style 2 motifs, early-mid Shang, mid-2nd millennium BCE.
015 Bronze jia vessel decorated with Loehr style 4 motifs, mid-late Shang, mid-late 2nd mullennium BCE
016 Square bronze yi vessel decorated with Loehr style 5 motifs, late Shang dynasty, 13th-12th century BCE
017 Owl-shaped bronze vessel from Fu Hao's tomb, Anyang period, late Shang, c. 13th century BCE
018 Bronze statue, Sanxingdui culture, Sichuan, late Shang-early Zhou, end of the 2nd millennium BCE.
019 Bronze guang vessel (flamboyant style), early Western Zhou, 11th-10th century BCE.
020 Bronze gui vessel (paired-bird motif), mid-Western Zhou, 10th-9th century BCE
021 Bonze gui vessel with simplified decoration, late Western Zhou, 9th-8th century BCE
022 Bronze hu vessel with interlaced motifs, late Western Zhou, 9th-8th century BCE
023 Bronze pan vessel with a long commemorative inscription, late Western Zhou, 9th-8th century BCE.
