Minneapolis Institute of Art

You wine vessel

China

Date

12th-11th century BCE

Medium

Bronze

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

You vessels like these began to appear during the late 1100s bce and became prevalent during the late Shang and early Western Zhou (c. 1300–977 bce). In line with late Shang tastes, the vessel is richly decorated within seven horizontal registers, further divided by flanges with tooth-like projections. One noticeable change in decoration is that the bird motif has replaced the ubiquitous taotie animal mask as the dominant decoration. This change heralded a flourishing period from late 900 to 800 bce, when pairs of large, elaborately designed birds became the visual focus on bronze vessels. China, Asia

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