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Ritual wine vessel (<em>fangtsun</em>)
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Ritual wine vessel (<em>fangtsun</em>)

late 11th-early 10th century BCE · Bronze

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Ceremonial wine vessel, type fang tsun. Surface: smooth dark green patina, with two areas of light-green, and a scattering aerugo of malachite green; traces of earthy incrustation. Decoration: in low and high relief. Inscription scratched within the lip.

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Credit lineRitual wine vessel (<em>fangtsun</em>). late 11th-early 10th century BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment. CC0.

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