Square Wine Container (Fang)

2nd century BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 207

On loan to The Met

This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.

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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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: L.1996.79.2
Curatorial Department: Asian Art