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.
Artwork Details
- 西漢 鎏金錯銀青銅鈁
- Title:Square Wine Container (Fang)
- Period:Western Han dynasty (206 BCE–9 CE)
- Date:2nd century BCE
- Culture:China
- Medium:Gilt bronze with silver overlay
- Dimensions:H. 19 in. (48.3 cm); W. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm); D. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm)
- Classification:Metalwork
- Credit Line:Lent by Charlotte C. Weber
- Object Number:2025.829.2
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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ca. 2nd–1st century BCE
2nd–1st century BCE
late 2nd–early 1st century BCE
4th–3rd century BCE
8th century BCE
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