Dahe Square Ding with Human Face Pattern

Bronze ware from the late Shang Dynasty
Mouth length 29.8 cm, width 23.7 cm, total height 38.5 cm

Basic information
Unearthed in Huangcai Town, Ningxiang County, the color is emerald green, the body is slightly rectangular, the mouth is slightly larger than the bottom, the two ears are upright, the four pillar-shaped feet, the upper part of the feet has animal face patterns, and the body is decorated with semi-relief human faces. There are cloud and thunder patterns around the human face, and there are horns on both sides of the forehead and claws on both sides of the chin.

Reconstruction of human face and body
The most surprising thing about this tripod is that there is a large and eye-catching semi-relief human face decorated on all sides of the vessel. In fact, the object depicted on the vessel is a "superman" who is half human and half beast with a head, body, horns, and claws. The torso is hidden due to the limitation of the plane representation of the vessel.