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Although the Zhou defeated the Shang, the performance of religious rites and the casting of ceremonial bronzes continued. Zhou bronze art, nevertheless, reveals the artistic sentiments of a new era. There was as much confidence in the achievements of the living as observance of ritual duties for the dead. For example, this wine vessel combines artistic imagination with a display of strength and force. Bold images of buffalo heads with protruding horns were cast onto the middle section. Together with the four notched flanges extending downward below the flaring mouth, there is an effect of overflowing energy.
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128157
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Wine Vessel (Zun)
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128157
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Wine Vessel (Zun)
description
Although the Zhou defeated the Shang, the performance of religious rites and the casting of ceremonial bronzes continued. Zhou bronze art, nevertheless, reveals the artistic sentiments of a new era. There was as much confidence in the achievements of the living as observance of ritual duties for the dead. For example, this wine vessel combines artistic imagination with a display of strength and force. Bold images of buffalo heads with protruding horns were cast onto the middle section. Together with the four notched flanges extending downward below the flaring mouth, there is an effect of overflowing energy.
date
c. 1000 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
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en
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Q60758814
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Metalwork
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Overall: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.)
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China, Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–771 BCE)
accession
1951.151
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bronze
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Wine Vessel (Zun), c. 1000 BCE. China, Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–771 BCE). Bronze; overall: 29.5 cm (11 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift from Howard Hollis and Company, 1951.151
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China - Zhou Dynasty
citations
citation
Milliken, William M. “A Chinese Ceremonial Bronze.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 39, no. 1 (January 1952): 6–7.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 6–7
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 799
citation
Sullivan, Michael. <em>Chinese and Japanese Art</em>. New York: Grolier, 1965.
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Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 18, fig. A
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
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Reproduced: p. 245
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 245
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
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Reproduced: p. 325
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Barnard, Noel 巴納, and Guangyu Zhang 張光裕. <em>Zhong Ri Ou Mei Ao Niu suo jian suo tuo suo mo Jin wen hui bian [</em>中日美歐澳紐所見所拓所摹金文彙編 = Rubbings and hand copies of bronze inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European, American, and Australasian collections]. Taibei: Yee Wen Pub. Co, 1978.
page_number
v. 7, no. 1286
citation
Kathman, Barbara A. <em>A Cleveland Bestiary</em>. Cleveland, OH; Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981.
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Mentioned: p. 45-46, p. 62; Reproduced: p. 46
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
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Reproduced: p. 7
creditline
Gift from Howard Hollis and Company
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2026-05-29 06:36:51.989000
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128157
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Chinese Art
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China - Zhou Dynasty
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bronze
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