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Chinese bronzes: Sacral vessel in the shape of a rhinoceros, Shang dynasty

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Consten, Eleanor von Erdberg
Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham

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This bronze vessel is in the shape of a rhinoceros and is a most unusual example. According to Chinese texts it is said to have been found in 1843 in Shou-chang Shantung, and was thought to have been in the possession of ancestors of Confucius. It bears an inscription of 27 character which dates it in the reign period of the last Shang ruler. -- 36 x 21 cm.

Keywords

China, metalwork, bronze, book scan

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/208105

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Basham Photographs

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Archives Series

Date created

1958

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This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.

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