On loan to The Met The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Square Wine Container (Fang)
This imposing gilt bronze wine container exemplifies the technical and stylistic innovations in Chinese metalwork developed in the late fourth to second century BCE. It also illustrates a significant change in the function of bronzes from solemn ritual vessels to embodiments of wealth, power, and extravagance.
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