Rope pattern (dan)

Bronze ware from the Spring and Autumn Period
Rope pattern (dan)

Total height 30 cm, diameter 16.1 cm, maximum belly diameter 31.2 cm

Excavated from Tomb No. 270, Fenshuiling, Changzhi City, Shanxi Province

Square lip, wide mouth, flat rim, short neck, round shoulders, two animal heads attached to the shoulders, animal feet with rings, curved belly, false ring foot, flat bottom. The belly is decorated with rope pattern, and the inside is filled with delicate dragon and snake patterns. The whole body is blue rust, colorful, and relatively rare.