Angled Ding with Cloud Pattern

Bronze ware from the Warring States Period
Height 31.2 cm, diameter 33.2 cm

Excavated in 1972 at Fenshuiling, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province

The lid is in the shape of a plate, with a three-ring button and decorated with oblique cloud patterns. There are ears outside the mouth of the vessel, a bulging belly, and hoof feet. The rim and belly are decorated with oblique cloud patterns, and the base of the foot is decorated with animal face patterns.