Minneapolis Institute of Art

Bianhu wine vessel

China

Date

5th century BCE

Medium

Bronze with copper inlay

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

This wine flask emphasizes the creative approach toward surface ornamentation during the late Bronze Age. The triangle pattern on the neck and on the bands dividing the panels on the main body are of inlaid copper. The “feather curl” pattern was made by carved ceramic stamps, which were pressed into the still-soft surface of the clay mold before the vessel was cast. China, Asia

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