Shang mushroom column beast face pattern

Age: Shang Dynasty, Grade 1

Specifications: Height 30.8cm, diameter 7.6cm, weight 0.55kg.

Excavation site: Unearthed in Jingdang, Qishan in 1972

Drinking vessel. Wide mouth, thin pointed lip, spout in front, tail in back, a mushroom-shaped column between spout and mouth, straight and small upper abdomen, circular flat handle on the abdominal wall, slightly bulging and large lower abdomen, low and flat, with three cone feet outward, the body is decorated with animal face pattern, and there is a linked bead pattern as a frame. This vessel has the characteristics of the early Shang Dynasty jue, which is of great significance to the study of the evolution and development of bronze jue.