JB Hirsch

Chinese Bronzes - Ritual Bronze Vessels


Jia, Shang Period

Jia 斝 - three legged wine pot from the early Shang. The jia has the typical two big button-like attachments that in some cases have animal shape. They are also attached to jue mugs, but smaller. The character is a picture of the vessel.



Square Jia, Shang Period

Jia - usually with a round shape, there are sometimes quadrangular jia pieces (fangjia 方斝). This type was copied later as an archaically shaped vessel.
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