”Fuhao ” Ding Tripod with Pedate Legs

”Fuhao”Ding Tripod with Pedate Legs, is a bronze ritual vessel of the late Shang Dynasty, 13.5 cm in height and 11.9 cm in diameter. It was unearthed in Xiaotun Village, Anyang, Henan Province in 1976 and stored in Henan Museum.

 

photo/ Henan Museum 

The bronze wares unearthed from the tomb of Fuhao are richly decorated with bird-shaped patterns. The images are in the stage from start-up to gradually mature,which have an important historical position linking the previous time and the future.

Although it is different from the bird pattern on the jade articles unearthed together, the superb and mature bronze casting technology show the extraordinary artistic value of bronze ornaments,which may be called a classic work in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties.