Dragon Shaped Wine Vessel

Shang Dynasty Bronze Ware
19 cm high, 43 cm long, 13.4 cm wide, unearthed in Taohuazhe Village, Shilou County in 1959. Wine vessel. The whole body is in the shape of a dragon, with a dragon head at the front, teeth exposed, eyes wide open, and teeth bared. The dragon pattern on the lid is connected to the dragon head at the front, with vortex pattern as the background. The two sides of the abdomen are set off by vortex and cloud patterns, and the main patterns are crocodile and Kuilong patterns. The head is opposite to the dragon head, which is quite dynamic. A pair of ears on one side is used for hanging; the ring foot is decorated with opposite Kuilong patterns, which adds a sense of stability. In particular, the crocodile pattern is extremely rare in bronze wares. The crocodile is a crocodile. It is a representative work of the bronze culture of the "Fangguo" in the late Shang Dynasty.