Yan steamer
Maker: T'Ien Nung
The decor of the upper part of this bipartite boiler is restricted to a neck belt with low, narrow flanges of which every second becomes the central ridge in the face of a dragonized t'ao-t'ieh,the halves formed by winged dragons.The bulbs of the Li-ting forming the lower half of the vessel are adorned with forceful t'ao-t'ieh heads of a fairly realistic bovine type, with eyebrows, ears, scaly horns .
- Date
- 11th century BCE
- In our collection
- since August the 11th, 2011 up to now
- Dimensions
- 15 × 9 9/16 × 9 3/16 in., 9.9 lb. (38.1 × 24.3 × 23.4 cm, 4.5 kg)
- Location
- Not on View
- Medium
- Bronze
- Price
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- Composition
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copper 46% cadmium 35% iron 2% oxygen 13% zinc 0% atium 4%