late Shang or early Western Zhou period, 11th century BCE
without handle: H. 22.9 cm (9 in.)
Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Cast bronze with greenish patina; with inscription cast on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseCast bronze; with integrally cast inscription on vessel floor
11th-10th century BCEChineseReddish buff earthenware with appliqué handles and cord-impressed decoration. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration and turquoise inlays
2nd millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with greenish patina
11th-10th century BCEChineseCoarse buff earthenware with decoration painted in black slip over a slip-dressed ground. Upper Yellow River Valley area; from Gansu, Qinghai, or Ningxia province.
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with incised and applique decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with cord impressed decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with patina and encrustation
12th-11th century BCEChineseEarthenware with slip painted decoration painted and white inlays
2nd millennium BCEChinese