The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Food Vessel (Li)

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Buddhism along the Silk Road

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Thousands of years of trade and invasion brought Buddhist monks into contact with merchants and nomadic peoples in Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. This short video, produced in conjunction with the exhibition Buddhism along the Silk Road: 5th–8th Century, shows how these interactions occurred.

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Food Vessel (Li)

Period:: early Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 B.C.)
Culture:: China
Medium:: Bronze
Dimensions:: H. 5 3/4 in. (14.6 cm); Diam. 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1913
Accession Number:: 13.100.1

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