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Friday, March 29, 2024


Exhibition Public - USA & Canada

Innovation and Spectacle: Chinese Ritual Bronzes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Avenue,
New York, New York 10028-0198, USA
Oct 18, 2014 To Mar 08, 2015


Detail: This exhibition features three spectacular ritual vessels from the fifth century b.c. that have never before been displayed together outside China. Lent by the Shanghai Museum, these wine vessels—a pair of pear-shaped containers and a unique four-legged vessel in the form of a fantastic buffalo—exemplify the artistic sophistication and technical virtuosity of the Houma foundry, a major center of bronze casting in the Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 b.c.). The bronzes are accompanied by two ceramic mold fragments, illustrating how the bronzes' intricate surface décor was achieved, and by a small number of related bronzes from the Metropolitan's collection.

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Ritual wine container in the shape of a buffalo (Xizun)
Ritual wine container in the shape of a buffalo (Xizun)
China, early 5th century BC
Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (77–476 B.C.)
H. 13 1/4 in. (33.7 cm); D. 5 in. (12.7 cm); L. 23 1/8 in. (58.7 cm); Wt. 23.7 lb. (10.8 kg)
Bronze
Lent by the Shanghai Museum

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