Wine cup (Zhi)

Title: Wine cup (Zhi); 商青銅觶 (Shāng qīngtóng zhì)
Description: The principal decor on this vessel is a standing owl. Back-to-back owls also decorate the lid. Shang dynasty (ca. 1600–1046 B.C.)
Creator: Chinese (culture or style)
Date Created: earliest: 1300 BCE; latest: 1201 BCE
Date: 1988
Provenance: Charlotte C. and John C. Weber , Ocala, FL and New York (until 1988; donated to MMA)
Identifier: 1988.20.1a, b
Medium: bronzes (visual works)
Format: Metalwork; H. 7 in. (17.8 cm); W. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm); D. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Source: Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber through the Live Oak Foundation, 1988
Rights: https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/open-access
Contributor: Shang
Subject: Asian Art; Shang; wine cups; Cups; drinking vessels; metalwork (visual works); Asia; China; Owl; Zhi; Shāng qīngtóng zhì