Shang Dynasty beast-faced hollow goblet

Age: Shang Dynasty, Grade 1

Specifications: Height 21.5cm, Diameter 140cm, Weight 0.6kg

Excavation site: Collected in 1982

Drinking vessel. Trumpet-shaped mouth, thin pointed lip, the rim gradually converges downward to form a waist, round bottom, high ring foot outward, the foot diameter is smaller than the diameter, and there are three "cross" shaped holes on the ring foot, evenly spaced. There is a circle of decoration near the bottom, with beads on the top and bottom, two animal faces in the middle, and a thin belly. This type of gu was mainly popular in the early Shang Dynasty and has typical characteristics of the era.