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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
copper46%
cadmium35%
iron2%
oxygen13%
zinc0%
atium4%