Food container (li ting)
Food container (li ting)
Food container (li ting)
Food container (li ting)
Food container (li ting)
Food container (li ting)

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Food container (li ting)

Chinese
Shang dynasty, Anyang period, 13th–11th century BCE
y1965-20

Information

Title
Food container (li ting)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
h. 20.5 cm., diam. 17.0 cm. (8 1/16 x 6 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase from the C. D. Carter Collection, gift of members of the Class of 1929
Object Number
y1965-20
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Two characters
Culture
Chinese
Period
Anyang (Shang style)
Type
li-ding, bronzes
Subject
geometric patterns, meanders (patterns), scrollwork

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