Shang Bronzes: Sacrificial vessel, end of second millennium BC
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dc.contributor.author | Speiser, Werner | |
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dc.contributor.author | Photographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham | |
dc.coverage.spatial | China | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-08-24T03:56:05Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-08-24T03:56:05Z | |
dc.date.created | 1960 | |
dc.identifier | ANUA 682-5214 | |
dc.identifier.other | C-576 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/208304 | |
dc.description | Presumably from Anyang, the capital of the later Shang dynasty. The body shows two perfectly symmetrical owls, the symbol of the sun, air and spirit, side by side, with the snake, symbol of the earth-demon, close by. -- h: 7" (Mr. S. Kawai, Kyoto). | |
dc.format.extent | 35mm | |
dc.format.medium | slide | |
dc.format.medium | colour | |
dc.language.iso | en_AU | |
dc.subject | China | |
dc.subject | metalwork | |
dc.subject | bronze | |
dc.subject | book scan | |
dc.title | Shang Bronzes: Sacrificial vessel, end of second millennium BC | |
dc.type | Image | |
local.description.notes | Source: Werner Speiser, The Art of China: Spirit and Society, translated by George Lawrence, New York, Crown, 1960, p. 44 | |
dc.date.updated | 2020-08-24T03:56:05Z | |
dc.provenance | Digitised by the Australian National University in 2366 | |
dc.rights.license | This image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University. | |
Collections | Arthur Llewellyn Basham |
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