Wine Vessel (Fu Wu Zun)

A tall bronze wine vessel (zun) with a flaring trumpet mouth, a narrow waist and a splayed foot, its surface covered in green and reddish patina. Raised bands of stylized animal masks and spiral motifs, with vertical fluting in the middle register, wrap the body in a symmetrical pattern.

Look closer: Small pointed projections (flanges) rise at the top corners of the flared mouth, each shaped like a stylized bird or ear.

Artist

Unknown

Date

c. 1000–900 BCE

Medium

bronze

Source

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Size

2818 × 3400 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund