Rectangular Cauldron

Shang dynasty ( about 1600–1046 BC ), 12th/11th century B.C.

China

Status: On View, Gallery 131
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Rectangular Cauldron
Place: China (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1200 BCE–1001 BCE
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 21.9 × 17.2 × 14 cm (8 5/8 × 6 13/16 × 5 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Avery Brundage, Russell Tyson, and Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and Walter E. Heller endowments; General Acquisitions Fund
Reference Number: 2004.701
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