Wine cup (Zhi)

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