Excerpt from Bulletin of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Vol. 23: May, 1955 Fig. I. A tsun or wine container of monumental quality; probably very early (before 1350 It has a beautiful deep leaf-green patina. The design is in deeply sunken outlines in two bold bands, around body and on shoulder. Animals in the bands meet at three ridges to form a sort of monster mask with bulging eyes, heavy arched horns, and curved lip and nostrils. Such a creature was (in later times) called a t'ao-t'ieh (literally glutton The ...
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Excerpt from Bulletin of the Royal Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Vol. 23: May, 1955 Fig. I. A tsun or wine container of monumental quality; probably very early (before 1350 It has a beautiful deep leaf-green patina. The design is in deeply sunken outlines in two bold bands, around body and on shoulder. Animals in the bands meet at three ridges to form a sort of monster mask with bulging eyes, heavy arched horns, and curved lip and nostrils. Such a creature was (in later times) called a t'ao-t'ieh (literally glutton The roughly cruci form holes in the Side of the high base are characteristic of many of the earliest bronzes. This bronze has no inscription. Height, 12 in. Shang. Fig. 2. A ting or three legged cauldron used probably for heating spiced minced - meat. The majority of the earliest vessels used in ancestral rites were for wine, but the ting for cooking meat was very important. This is a magnificent example with its early variety of the interlocked T design and its border of hooked beak birds. There are t'ao-t'ieh motifs on the legs. The inscription, on the inside just under the rim, says it is dedicated to Father Chih (who was one of the Shang kings). Height 12 in. Shang. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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