Ding vessel meaning5/27/2023 They have been prized and collected as antiquities in China since at least the 12th century A.D., though most known examples were excavated relatively recently, during the 19th and 20th centuries, usually by peasants who dug them out of the ground more or less by chance but later by archaeologists both Chinese and Western (of course those in the latter category are not available on the art market). The millennia since they were cast have left them with encrustations of patina, mainly in shades of green but sometimes heightened with other hues, that add to their visual and tactile impact. For the most part they are vessels for food or drink, in various forms, rounded with handles or sharp-edged and box-like, resting on tripods or directly on their bases, with or without handles, and covered all over with intricate abstract designs and semi-abstract depictions of real and mythical animals. Western Zhou dynasty bronze food vessel guiĪmong the most mysterious, intriguing, and austerely beautiful of Chinese artworks are archaic ritual bronzes. Ritual bronze food vessel ding, Eastern Zhou dynasty, late Spring and Autumn period, circa 6th–5th centuries B.C. Group of 14 bronzes from the collection of Daniel Shapiro, being offered by J.J. ![]() Ritual bronze fermented-beverages vessel fangyi, Shang dynasty, Yinxu period, circa 13th–11th centuries B.C. “Min” fanglei, late Shang or early Western Zhou period (11th century B.C.).
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