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Ritual food vessel
On the body of this vessel, bisected by the vertical rib, is a curious motif, an animal-head mask known as a taotie, with eyes and extended claws. Although this monster head appears on many bronze objects, its meaning is unknown.
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.66916
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.30172
Publisher
- Rijksmuseum
Type of item
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.66916
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.30172
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
Rights
- Public Domain
- Publiek Domein
Creation date
- c.-1200 - c.-1100
Place-Time
- 12th century B.C.
Places
- China
- China
- urn:rijksmuseum:thesaurus:RM0001.THESAU.403
Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.227425
- AK-RAK-1993-1
Extent
- height 18.8 cm
- depth 16.1 cm
- width 16.1 cm
Format
- bronze (metal)
- Bronze
Language
- nl
Is part of
- collectie: China (collectie)
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2014-05-27T13:05:53.359Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2018-03-17T13:01:12.627Z