Sujet
Hollow-Legged Tripod (Li Ding), late 900 BC. Creator: Unknown.
Légende
Hollow-Legged Tripod (Li Ding), late 900 BC. This food vessel exhibits a new decorative trend of metropolitan Western Zhou foundries. Zoomorphic images became increasingly abstract and subject to linear elaboration. The dominating animal mask (taotie) of the Shang is here transformed, dissolved, and dissected into intricate patterns of curving bands and median grooves. The design is abstract but not devoid of symbolic contents and functions. A smooth and even gray-green patina--the result of natural corrosion during burial--covers the outside and creates a new visual impact on the surface decoration.
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art
Notre référence
HRM19F85_498
Model release
NA
Property release
NA
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
65,0Mo (3,4Mo) / 45,9cm x 35,5cm / 5421 x 4189 (300dpi)