Wine Cups (Jue)

A Shang dynasty bronze jue, a three-legged wine vessel, stands on splayed legs with a long pointed spout and a loop handle. Cone-shaped posts rise from the rim, and the body bears raised bands of scrolled taotie-style patterns under a crusty green patina.

Look closer: Small cast triangular motif with a raised pattern on the upper body, below the left cone-shaped post.

Artist

Unknown

Date

c. 1200 BCE

Medium

bronze

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

2728 × 3400 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund and Edward L. Whittemore Fund