Animal-shaped goblet

Animal-shaped goblet

Bronze ware from the Western Zhou Dynasty

29 cm high, 30.5 cm long

Excavated from Hengshui Cemetery in Jiangxian County in 2006

Square body, dragon head cover, slightly curved belly wall. The dragon head opens its mouth and shows its teeth, with snake patterns on its lips, dragon patterns and animal face patterns on the cover, and phoenix with flower crown, phoenix with long crown and dragon with curved horns below the rim. The four walls and the foot of the goblet are decorated with large animal faces with curled horns and phoenix with long crown, and both are filled with thunder patterns. The main pattern is engraved with intaglio lines to form three layers of flowers, which are luxurious and gorgeous. This is a bronze ware of the State of Bei.

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