Wine Vessel (Fang Yi)

China

Zhou dynasty (1027-221 BC), About 900 BC

  • Titles Wine Vessel (Fang Yi) (Descriptive)
  • Artist China
  • Medium bronze
  • Dimensions 11 1/2 x 8 5/8 x 6 1/2 in. (29.2 x 21.9 x 16.5 cm)
  • Credit Line Gift of Forney and Mary S. Fuller, Jr., in memory of Eloise Armstrong Fuller, Cullman, Alabama, 1993.29a-b
  • Work Type wine vessel
  • Classification Containers
  • On View

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