February 25, 2023–April 28, 2024
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Dates
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Location
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery | Galleries 23 and 24
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Collection Area
Chinese Art
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings is the first major exhibition in the United States dedicated to Anyang, the capital of China’s Shang dynasty (occupied ca. 1250 BCE–ca. 1050 BCE). The source of China’s earliest surviving written records and the birthplace of Chinese archaeology, Anyang holds a special connection with the National Museum of Asian Art. In 1929, one year after Academia Sinica began archaeological work at the Bronze Age site, Li Chi assumed leadership of the excavations. At the time, he was also a staff member of the Freer Gallery of Art (1925–30). To promote archaeological practice in China, the Freer supported Li Chi and his first two seasons of work at Anyang. This collaboration, predicated on the advancement of scientific knowledge and the protection of cultural patrimony, marks an important chapter in the history of Sino-American relations.
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings features over two hundred remarkable artifacts—including jade ornaments, ceremonial weapons, ritual bronze vessels, bells, and chariot fittings—drawn exclusively from the museum’s permanent collection. Explore the early development of Chinese writing, enduring ritual practices, innovations in weaponry and warfare, advances in design and manufacturing, and the highly personal spaces of tombs, including objects chosen for the afterlife. The exhibition includes a series of digital activations developed in partnership with award-winning production studio UNIT9 that allows visitors to dig deeper into the life of the city.
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings is part of the 2023 programming marking the 100th anniversary of the National Museum of Asian Art’s founding. Learn more about our centennial celebrations. #TheNext100
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Key Themes
Learn how some of the museum’s objects relate to the establishment of the Shang capital, the city’s administration, and the social status of its inhabitants.

Sometime in the thirteenth century BCE, the Shang kings abandoned their settlement north of the Huan River at Anyang and founded a new capital on its southern banks (occupied ca. 1250–1050 BCE). Here, they built palaces and temples in a city that became one of the largest urban centers of the ancient world.
The initial expansion coincided with the long reign of King Wu Ding (fl. 1200 BCE), a period marked by the rapid growth of the bronze industry and other craft production, the arrival of horses and chariotry, and the construction of enormous royal tombs accompanied by large-scale human sacrifice.
Wu Ding is also associated with the earliest surviving body of ancient Chinese writing. The ritual and administrative texts dating to his reign survived because they were inscribed on bone, turtle shell, and bronze—surfaces more durable than the wood and bamboo strips used for everyday writing. These early texts reveal a fully developed writing system ancestral to the modern Chinese script. Its sophistication was necessary to run the complex military, civil, and ritual bureaucracies of what the kings called “Great Settlement Shang.”

Eye-catching containers used in ritual banquets are a hallmark of Anyang elite culture. The examples shown here date to the early Anyang period, around the time of King Wu Ding. Cast from bronze, an alloy of copper, tin, and lead, they were created in large, officially run facilities that were organized like factories, with a division of skilled labor. The vessels standing on legs were placed over fires to warm wine and to cook food. Containers with round bases were used for storing wine as well as for serving food and drink.
Both the basic repertoire of shapes and the surface decoration of imaginary animals belong to an artistic tradition that began in the region several hundred years earlier. Texts from Anyang don’t tell us anything about these fantastical beasts, but in later times, they were given names. The paired-eye animal mask, sometimes drawn with a body attached on both sides, is called a taotie. The single-eyed creature shown in profile is conventionally called a dragon. Used by craftspeople throughout the Anyang period, changes in their design help researchers date the objects they ornament.
In the early Anyang period, brief inscriptions that name the individual who commissioned them start to appear on vessels. These texts sometimes indicate that the vessels’ contents were intended as offerings to specific ancestors of these patrons.

The Shang capital grew throughout its occupation to cover over fourteen square miles. Its exact boundaries are still uncertain, as archaeologists continue to discover habitation remains further and further from its center. Beyond the opulent palaces and temples in its royal precinct, the city possessed a complex urban network of roads and canals that ran through neighborhoods filled with dense settlements and enormous workshops. All of this was supervised by a large bureaucracy of the king’s officials who managed the city’s public infrastructure, huge labor force, military, and the nearby agricultural lands that kept everyone fed.
The Shang kings and their top advisors presided over ceremonies that rewarded the outstanding performance of government officials. Records of these occasions begin to appear in inscriptions on ritual bronze vessels near the very end of the Anyang period. These texts recount the royal reward. The three late Anyang bronze vessels seen here have particularly interesting inscriptions that provide insight into the lives of their makers.
Rewarding a Military Official
The inscription on the three-legged wine warmer (upper left) commemorates a reward of cowrie shells given directly from the king.
Serving a Husband’s Ancestors
The inscription on the interior of the square cauldron (upper right) identifies the patron as the wife of an official. The vessel is dedicated to multiple ancestors, including a Father Gui and two others belonging to earlier generations of the patron’s husband’s lineage.
Recognition from a King’s Advisor
The inscription inside the grain server (bottom) is among the longest known from the Shang. It recounts the award of cowrie shells from one of the king’s top advisors to a military official.

Anyang’s workshops were remarkable in scale and sophistication. Both their production levels and complex fabrication methods involving divisions of highly specialized labor suggest they functioned as factories and operated at an industrial scale.
Jade, a rare stone first valued thousands of years before the Shang dynasty, continued to be a prestige medium at Anyang, where it was used to make jewelry and ceremonial and ritual objects ranging from small pendants to large symbolic weapons. Output was impressive, and physical evidence suggests techniques were developed to speed production and increase efficiency. The Anyang disks and derivatives shown here are extremely thin, reflect central holes of a consistent size, and often possess a short, raised collar surrounding the perforation.
The standardization and refinement of these forms suggest the use of a lathe. The introduction of the treadle-powered device allowed the object to rotate while workers efficiently directed abrasives, such as ground quartz, against the nephrite surface to make cuts and shape the perimeter. The use of the lathe promoted precision and reduced waste. The standardization of such collared disks suggests that they may have been produced for multiple applications, functioning almost like an industrial blank.

The Shang kings stood atop a complex and highly stratified society that was dominated by the extended royal family, other high-ranking lineages, and the rest of the privileged official class. At the lower end of the spectrum were specialist craftspeople, peasants, soldiers, and common laborers. Lowest of all were enemy captives.
The objects placed in Anyang tombs reflect the personal identities and ritual needs of the deceased. The most important tomb objects were banqueting vessels, since they ensured the continuation of offerings in the spirit world. The gu (tall chalice) and jue (tripod) were essential for Shang libation rituals involving wine. The jue warmed the serving of wine destined for the gu, which in turn held the offering for the deceased. Any person of status would have wanted to take at least this pair of objects to the grave, and they are the most common ritual vessels found in Anyang burials. Pottery and bronze examples reflect differences in the social standing of their owners. The inscription inside the foot of this bronze gu names the head of a prominent family who held a high military office, while the pottery pieces must come from more modest burials.

In addition to the mortuary goods prepared for the funeral and necessities required for the afterlife, families aspired to entomb their deceased with possessions treasured during life. Richly furnished Anyang tombs contained an array of luxuries, including jewelry and small personal objects—their number and type helping to indicate the status and interests of the deceased. Crafted from a variety of valued materials, these precious ornaments for the afterlife also offer insights into the fashion of the living. Carved bone hairpins and jade (nephrite) pendants and fittings were often inspired by the natural world; the depictions on their surfaces range from lifelike to abstract. Most remarkable are designs inspired by the supernatural, including combat between a dragon and bird.

Outside the city, nearby farmlands provided Anyang with livestock and grain. Far to the east, the Shang kings or their allies controlled coastal settlements that produced salt—another precious commodity. Beyond these royally controlled territories lay a host of rival powers that interacted with the Shang capital through war or exchange—both commercial and cultural. The most impressive of these distant neighbors were located in the south, where bronze-using kingdoms, rich in metal ores necessary for bronze casting, spread along the Yangzi River system.
These two pouring vessels contrast the work of a metropolitan Anyang foundry with that of a southern workshop of lesser sophistication. The northern designer of the vessel with the more recognizable creature (left) clearly had some personal experience with elephants and knew how to skillfully adapt standard Anyang taotie and dragon patterns to decorate the vessel’s irregular surface. The provincial southerner who imagined the second piece (right) may never have seen an elephant in real life. In fact, even if its trunk hadn’t broken off, it would be hard for some to identify the inspiration behind the shape.
3D Object Models
Explore objects in the exhibition using these 3D models that also feature annotations and topical tours.
Archaeology at Anyang
Explore the unfolding excavations at Anyang from the 1920s to today through these multimedia features. Learn about the initial discovery of the Shang dynasty capital and follow the development of the archaeological work that has helped us to understand the ancient civilization that built it.
Anyang Underground
Journey to Republican-era China to witness the first excavations of the Anyang site and the birth of Chinese archaeology.

Life in the City
Experience ancient city life through the eyes of a modern archaeologist as you explore recent excavations of an Anyang neighborhood.

Ritual and Technology
Shang material culture reveals that the ancient state was governed by complex ritual systems that involved honoring and communicating with ancestors. Learn more about the objects that featured in these ceremonies and the technological achievements that lay behind them.
Oracle Bones in 3D
Learn about the divination rituals that were an integral part of Shang kingship and the administration of the state.

Casting a Shang Bronze
Based on finds from recent excavations of Anyang foundry sites, explore a reconstruction of the process for making a Shang bronze vessel.

Play
Discover and collect dragons hiding on the surfaces of ancient Chinese bronzes at the museum. Let them guide you on a magical trip between Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings and the Ancient China galleries in the Freer Gallery of Art.
Hidden Dragons
Make your own party with the boisterous dragons that inhabit this interactive AR experience.

Related publications
Chi, Li. “Preliminary Observations on the Nature of the Deposit of the Ying-Shang Site at Hsiao-T’un-Ts’un, Anyang, Honan, ca. 1931.” Li Chi Reports, Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, 1926–1931. https://sova.si.edu/details/FSA.A2003.10#ref6.
Freer Gallery of Art. A Descriptive and Illustrative Catalogue of Chinese Bronzes Acquired During the Administration of John Ellerton Lodge. Oriental Studies, no. 3. Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, 1946.
Gettens, Rutherford John. The Freer Chinese Bronzes. Vol. 2, Technical Studies. Oriental Studies, no. 7. Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, 1969.
Gettens, Rutherford J., Roy S. Clarke, Jr., and W.T. Chase. Two Early Chinese Bronze Weapons with Meteoritic Iron Blades. Occasional Papers, vol. 4, no. 1. Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, 1971.
Pope, John Alexander, Rutherford John Gettens, James Cahill, and Noel Barnard. The Freer Chinese Bronzes. Vol. 1, Catalogue. Oriental Studies, no. 7. Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, 1967.
Wilson, Keith. Jades for Life and Death. Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. https://publications.asia.si.edu/jades/default.php.
Generous support for Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings is provided by
Anonymous (2)
E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation
Antoine and Emily van Agtmael
June and Simon K.C. Li
Henry Luce Foundation
Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust
American Friends of the Shanghai Museum
Blakemore Foundation
Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art
Bank of America is the Presenting Sponsor of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art’s Centennial.
Left to right: Ritual wine pouring vessel (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals, Anyang or middle Yangzi region, ca. 1100 B.C., bronze, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer, F1961.33a–b; Ritual wine-pouring vessel (gong) with masks (taotie) and dragons, middle or late Anyang period, ca. 1100 B.C., bronze, Gift of Arthur M. Sackler, S1987.279a–b; Ritual wine-pouring vessel (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals, middle Anyang period, ca. 1150–1100 B.C., bronze, Purchase—Charles Lang Freer Endowment, F1939.53a–b (National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution)
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Draft pole heel plate with mask (taotie) and dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1911.52
Draft pole heel pipe with dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1911.88
Draft pole heel pipe with mask (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1911.89
Axle cap with dragons, one of a pair
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1911.92
Container (bu) with masks (taotie), dragons, and waterfowl
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Geography
middle Yangzi River region, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1913.30a-b
Tablet
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Jade (nephrite)
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Accession
F1915.234
Dagger-axe (ge) with snake
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Period
Zhou dynasty, Early Western Zhou period
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Geography
China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1916.28
Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Jade (nephrite)
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Accession
F1917.37
Ritual wine warmer (jia) with masks (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1923.1a-b
Ritual wine container (you) with dragons, birds, and bovine heads
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period, or early Western Zhou period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1930.26a-b
Ritual wine container (fangyi) with masks(taotie), serpents, and birds
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Period
Zhou dynasty, Early Western Zhou dynasty
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Geography
Luoyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1930.54a-b
Pole axe with supernatural figure
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Period
Zhou dynasty, Early Western Zhou dynasty
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Geography
purportedly from Xunxian, Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1934.3a-c
Socketed dagger-axe (ge) with feline
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Period
Zhou dynasty, Early Western Zhou dynasty
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Geography
Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1934.5
Axe with masks (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze with meteoritic iron blade
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Accession
F1934.10
Dagger axe (ge) with dragons and birds, fragment
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Period
Early Western Zhou period
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Geography
Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze with meteoritic iron blade
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Accession
F1934.11a-c
Ritual wine warmer (fangjia) with masks (taotie), dragons, birds, and cicadas
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1935.12a-b
Spouted vessel (he) in the form of an elephant with masks (taotie), dragons, and snakes
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1936.6a-b
Ritual wine ewer (gong) in the form of a tiger, owl, and water bird
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1938.5a-b
Dagger-axe (ge 戈), fragment reworked
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Jade (nephrite)
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Accession
F1939.20
Tablet
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Jade (nephrite)
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Accession
F1939.31
Storage jar (lei)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Unglazed white pottery
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Accession
F1939.42
Ritual wine ewer (gong) with masks (taotie) , dragons, and real animals
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1939.53a-b
Ritual wine cup (gu) with masks (taotie), snakes, and cicadas
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1940.3
Dagger-axe (ge 戈) with masks (taotie) and dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze with turquoise inlay and jade (nephrite) blade
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Accession
F1940.10a-e
Ritual wine container (you) with masks (taotie), dragons, and cicadas
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1940.11a-b
Axe (yue 鉞) Axe (yue 鉞) with handle, masks (taotie), and cicadas
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze with turquoise inlay and jade (nephrite) blade
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Accession
F1941.4
Dagger-axe (ge 戈) with handle, masks (taotie), and cicadas
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze with turquoise inlay and jade (nephrite) blade
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Accession
F1941.5
Ritual grain server (yu) with masks (taotie), dragons, and cicadas.
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1941.8
Spouted ritual vessel (he) with dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early or middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1942.1a-b
Knife pendant in the form of a supernatural human
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Jade (nephrite) with traces of cinnabar
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Accession
F1942.6
Ritual wine container (you) in the form of two owls with masks (taotie), dragons, and birds
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1942.14a-b
Ritual wine cup (gu) with masks (taotie), snakes, and cicadas
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1943.9
Ritual wine container (zun) with masks (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang Period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1944.1
Axe with masks (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1946.5
Ritual cauldron (ding) with masks (taotie) and cicadas
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1946.31
Ritual wine container (hu) with masks (taotie) and dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1948.1
Fitting with masks (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Marble
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Accession
F1948.23
Dagger-axe (ge) with dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze with turquoise inlay
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Accession
F1950.9
Ritual wine cup (gu) with masks (taotie), dragons, and snakes
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1951.18
Ritual wine container (zun) with masks (taotie), dragons, and birds
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1951.19
Ritual wine warmer (jiao) with masks (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1953.83a-b
Ritual wine container (fangyi) with masks (taotie) and dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1954.13
Ritual wine container (zun) with masks (taotie) and dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1955.1
Ritual basin (pan) with dragons, fish, tigers, and birds
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early or middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1956.26
Ritual cauldron (ding) with masks (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1960.18
Ritual wine ewer (gong) with masks (taotie), dragons, and real animals
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Period
Probably late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1961.33a-b
Axe (yue 鉞), made from a collared disk
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Jade (nephrite)
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Accession
F1968.48
Round axe, made from a collared disk
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Jade (nephrite)
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Accession
F1970.39
Knife pendant in the form of a bird
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Jade (nephrite)
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Accession
F1979.25
Pendant in the form of a fish, one of a pair, probably reworked from a collared disk
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Jade (nephrite)
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Accession
F1979.26
Pendant in the form of a fish, one of a pair, probably reworked from a collared disk
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Jade (nephrite)
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Accession
F1979.27
Lidded ritual wine cup (zhi) with geometric decoration
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1979.47a-b
Storage jar (zun)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Unglazed gray earthenware
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Accession
F1984.1a-c
Grain server (yu)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Unglazed gray earthenware
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Accession
F1984.28
Storage jar (lei)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Unglazed gray earthenware
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Accession
F1985.5a-c
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang Period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Turtle plastron
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Accession
F1985.35
Ritual wine container (fangyi) with masks (taotie) and dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
F1991.3a-c
Oracle bones fragments, inscribed
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bones and turtle plastrons
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Accession
FSC-O-1a-e
8 Bone carvings
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bone
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Accession
FSC-O-11a-h
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bone
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Accession
FSC-O-35
Oracle bone fragments, inscribed
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bone
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Accession
FSC-O-40
Suspension bell with masks (taotie) and birds
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Geography
middle Yangzi River valley, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S1987.10
Ritual wine container (you) with masks (taotie), dragons, birds, and owls
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S1987.23a-b
Ritual wine container (fangyi) with masks (taotie) , dragons, and birds
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S1987.34a-b
Ritual wine container (fangyi) with masks (taotie) and dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S1987.38a-b
Ritual grain server (gui) with dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.51
Ritual wine warmer (jue) with masks (taotie)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.53
Ritual grain server (yu) with masks (taotie) and dragons
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.59
Ritual wine warmer (jia) with masks (taotie) and dragons
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.60
Ritual cauldron (li) with masks (taotie) and dragons
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.64
Pouring vessel (gong) in the form of an elephant with masks (taotie), dragons, birds, snakes, and felines
-
Period
Shang dynasty
-
Geography
Hunan province, middle Yangzi River region, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.65a-b
Ritual wine container (zun) with masks (taotie) and dragons
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.66
Ritual wine cup (gu) with dragons
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.272
Ritual wine cup (gu) with masks (taotie), dragons, and snakes
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.275
Ritual wine cup (gu) with masks (taotie)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.276
Ritual wine ewer (gong) with masks (taotie) and dragons
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle or late Anyang period
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.279a-b
Ritual cauldron (fangding) with masks (taotie) and snakes
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.305
Ritual vessel (gu) with dragons
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.312
Container (zun) with masks (taotie) and dragons
-
Geography
middle Yangzi River region, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.331
Collared disk
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.457
Flanged bracelet
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.460
Tube (cong 琮)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite) imported from the northeast
-
Accession
S1987.466
Pendant in the form of a fish, one of a pair, probably reworked from a bracelet
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.470
Pendant in the form of a fish, one of a pair, probably reworked from a bracelet
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.471
Tablet
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.493
Finial in the form of a dragon and bird in combat
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.518
Finial in the form of a bird, probably reworked from a disk (bi 璧)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite) imported from the northeast
-
Accession
S1987.532
Knife pendant in the form of a dragon, probably reworked from a bracelet
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (neprhite) imported from the northeast
-
Accession
S1987.549
Pendant in the form of a mask, probably reworked from a tube (cong 琮)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.550
Pendant in the form of a tiger
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.553
Pendant in the form of a fish, reworked from a collared disk
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite) imported from the northeast
-
Accession
S1987.573
Pendant in the form of a coiled dragon
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite) imported from the northeast
-
Accession
S1987.583
Pendant in the form of a coiled dragon
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite) imported from the northeast
-
Accession
S1987.606
Pendant in the form of a fish, probably reworked from a collared disk
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.633
Finial in the form of a bird
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.637
Pendant in the form of a turtle
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.638
Finial in the form of a bird
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite) imported from the northeast
-
Accession
S1987.640
Collared disk
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.647
Collared disk
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.656
Tablet
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.671
Axe (yue 鉞)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.673
Pendant in the form of a bird
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite) with traces of cinnabar
-
Accession
S1987.704
Pendant in the form of a tiger
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.705
Dagger-axe (ge 戈) with dragons
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, early Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze with turquoise inlay and jade (nephrite) blade
-
Accession
S1987.712
Knife pendant in the form of a tiger
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.839
Finial in the form of a bird
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.841
Pendant in the form of a bird
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.845
Pendant in the form of a bird, probably reworked from a tube (cong 琮)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.861
Owl
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Turquoise
-
Accession
S1987.864
Pendant in the form of a mask, probably reworked from a tube (cong 琮)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.865
Pendant in the form of a water bird
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.870
Pendant in the form of a dragon
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.874
Pendant in the form of a dragon
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Turquoise
-
Accession
S1987.877
Pendant in the form of a bird, reworked
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.879
Ornament in the form of a mask (taotie)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.888
Bead with cicadas
-
Period
Probably Shang dynasty
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.1
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period or Shang dynasty
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.2
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.3
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period or Shang dynasty
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.4
Cylindrical bead with scrolls
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.5
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.6
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period or Shang dynasty
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.7
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.8
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.9
Bead
-
Period
Probably Shang dynasty
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.10
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.11
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.12
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.13
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Quartz
-
Accession
S1987.935.14
Cylindrical bead
-
Period
Late Neolithic period
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S1987.935.15
Container (you) with masks (taotie) and dragons
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
-
Geography
probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1987.968a-b
Ritual vessel wine warmer (jue) with masks (taotie) and cicada
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1994.61
Hollow shaft bell (nao) with masks (taotie) and dragons
-
Period
Shang dynasty
-
Geography
lower Yangzi River valley, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1999.120.1
Hollow shaft bell (nao) with masks (taotie) from a set
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S1999.120.17
Horse frontlet
-
Period
Zhou dynasty, Early Western Zhou dynasty
-
Geography
China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S2006.3
Jarlet (lei罍)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Marble
-
Accession
S2010.40
Ornament in the form of an animal head and crest, reworked from a tube (cong 琮)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (neprhite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.165
Collared disk
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.226
Flanged bracelet, trimmed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.228
Flanged bracelet, trimmed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.230
Pendant in the form of a coiled dragon
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.232
Pestle with handle in form of a monkey
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Marble
-
Accession
S2012.9.241
Axe, probably reworked from a collared disk
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.269
Axe, probably reworked from a collared disk
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.269
Axe, probably reworked from a collared disk
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.269
Axe, probably reworked from a collared disk
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.269
Tablet
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Marble
-
Accession
S2012.9.283
Pendant in the form of a tiger
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Fluorite
-
Accession
S2012.9.295
Pendant in the form of a turtle
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (serpentine)
-
Accession
S2012.9.301
Pendant in the form of a fish with an ear cleaner
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.302
Pendant in the form of a human head, probably reworked from a bracelet
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.319
Knife pendant in the form of a fish
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.343
Pendant in the form of a dragon, probably reworked from a tube (cong 琮)
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite) imported from the northeast
-
Accession
S2012.9.355
Pendant in the form of a tiger
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Jade (nephrite)
-
Accession
S2012.9.362
Pendant in the form of a tiger
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.384
Hairpin (ji) with bird-shaped finial
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.386
Hairpin (ji) with bird-shaped finial
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.387
Hairpin (ji) with trapezoidal and bird finial
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.400
Spatula (si) with masks (taotie), cicada, and birds, fragment
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.421
Arrowhead
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bronze
-
Accession
S2012.9.430
Arrowhead
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.431
Arrowhead
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.434
Arrowhead
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.441
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Turtle plastron
-
Accession
S2012.9.445
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.446
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.447
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.448
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.449
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.450
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.451
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.452
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.453
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.454
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.455
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.456
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.457
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.458
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.459
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.460
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.461
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.462
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
-
Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
-
Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
-
Material
Bone
-
Accession
S2012.9.463
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bone
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Accession
S2012.9.465
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bone
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Accession
S2012.9.466
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bone
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Accession
S2012.9.467
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bone
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Accession
S2012.9.468
Oracle bone fragment, inscribed
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bone
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Accession
S2012.9.469
Ritual winter cup (gu)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Earthenware
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Accession
S2012.9.514
Wine warmer (jue)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Earthenware
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Accession
S2012.9.548
Miniature wine warmer (jue)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Earthenware
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Accession
S2012.9.557
Miniature wine cup (gu)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Earthenware
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Accession
S2012.9.565
Dagger-axe (ge) with dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.607
Rein fastener with geometric decoration and jingles
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.611
Rein fastener with elephants and jingles
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.612
Axle cap linchpin finial with mask (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.616
Draft pole finial with mask (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.619
Draft pole heel plate with mask (taotie) and dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.620
Horse bit and cheek pieces with dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.621
Tubular chariot fitting with rabbits
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.626
Collar bell with masks (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.630
Clapper bell (ling) with masks (taotie)
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.631
Draft pole chassis support with masks (taotie) and dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.1776.1
Draft pole chassis support with masks (taotie) and dragons
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.1776.2
Horse whip with hook
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Period
Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
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Geography
Anyang, probably Henan province, China
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Material
Bronze
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Accession
S2012.9.1917