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Work of Art Details

Wine beaker

Description: Cast with designs in wire-like relief.

Artist: Anonymous (Chinese)
Created: 13th-12th century BC
Medium: bronze
Dimensions: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm)

Technique: cast

Dynasty: Shang [Shang]

Country: China

Provenance: Yamanaka Sale, Collection of a Chinese nobleman from Tientsin, American Art Association, January 29,1914, no. 110; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Line: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Accession No. 54.1237