China (Shang dynasty heartland)

Wine Container (Zun)

1521

13th century BCE, Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)

A Shang dynasty ritual bronze wine vessel (zun) from the 13th century BCE whose surfaces are densely covered with taotie masks and stylized dragons in deep-relief casting with black pigment inlay, bearing a single cast clan sign on its interior.