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Ceremonial wine vessel (zun)

Chinese
Shang dynasty, Anyang period
13th–12th century B.C.

Medium/Technique Bronze
Dimensions 33.4 x 31 cm (13 1/8 x 12 3/16 in.)
Credit Line Museum purchase with funds by exchange from the William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number34.67
CollectionsAsia
ClassificationsMetalwork

Inscriptionssingle-character inscripion of an emblem
Provenance1934, Francis Lee Higginson (b. 1877 – d. 1969), Boston; 1934, sold by Higginson, through Yamanaka and Co., Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 1, 1934)