Wine cup (Zhi)

China

13th century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 207

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商青銅觶
Title: Wine cup (Zhi)
Period: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 BCE)
Date: 13th century BCE
Culture: China
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm)
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. John Marriott, Mrs. John Barry Ryan, Gilbert W. Kahn, and Roger Wolfe Kahn, 1949
Object Number: 49.136.1a, b
Curatorial Department: Asian Art

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