EditorialArchitectural Brick with Ogre Mask. China, from the pagoda at Xiuding Si (Xiuding Temple) at Mount Qingliang, near Anyang, Henan province. Date: 750 AD-799 AD. Dimensions: 42.0 ? 36.2 ? 11.4 cm (16 1/2 ? 14 1/4 ? 4 1/2 in.). Molded terracotta with trac...
EditorialOwl-Shaped Wine Vessel?(Zun), 13th11th century B.C., Bronze, 8 1/8 ? 3 7/8 in. (20.7 ? 9.8 cm), This zun, or wine vessel, is cast in the shape of an owl whose head forms a removable lid. A scaled snake with a tigers head forms the pinion of each wing. ...
EditorialRitual Food Vessel?(Ding), Bronze, 6 1/2 ? 5 3/4 in. (16.5 ? 14.6?cm), Early Chinese bronze vessels were cast using a distinctive piece-mold technology, in which several ceramic pieces were carved individually and assembled around a clay core. The spac...
EditorialArchitectural Brick with Ogre Mask. China, from the pagoda at Xiuding Si (Xiuding Temple) at Mount Qingliang, near Anyang, Henan province. Date: 750 AD-799 AD. Dimensions: 42.0 ? 36.2 ? 11.4 cm (16 1/2 ? 14 1/4 ? 4 1/2 in.). Molded terracotta with trac...
EditorialArchitectural Brick with Ogre Mask. China, from the pagoda at Xiuding Si (Xiuding Temple) at Mount Qingliang, near Anyang, Henan province. Date: 750 AD-799 AD. Dimensions: 42.0 ? 36.2 ? 11.4 cm (16 1/2 ? 14 1/4 ? 4 1/2 in.). Molded terracotta with trac...
EditorialFood Steamer (Xian), c. 1000 BC. China, late Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC), Anyang phase (c.1250-1046 BC) to early Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046-771 BC). Bronze; overall: 39.4 x 26.7 x 24.8 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.).
EditorialArchitectural Brick with Dancer in Relief, before 870. China, Henan province, Anyang, Xiudingsi pagoda, Tang dynasty (618-907). Molded terracotta with slip coating; overall: 58 x 48.5 cm (22 13/16 x 19 1/8 in.).
EditorialArchitectural Brick with Ogre Mask. China, from the pagoda at Xiuding Si (Xiuding Temple) at Mount Qingliang, near Anyang, Henan province. Date: 750 AD-799 AD. Dimensions: 42.0 ? 36.2 ? 11.4 cm (16 1/2 ? 14 1/4 ? 4 1/2 in.). Molded terracotta with trac...