The ding is an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles standing on three or four legs. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the ding was used as a sacrificial vessel. It was also a symbol of power of the ruling c...The ding is an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles standing on three or four legs. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the ding was used as a sacrificial vessel. It was also a symbol of power of the ruling class. This ding, a quadripod, is the only relic which has a pattern of human faces among the 10,000 Shang Dynasty bronzeware items展开更多
文摘The ding is an ancient cooking vessel with two loop handles standing on three or four legs. During the Shang and Zhou dynasties, the ding was used as a sacrificial vessel. It was also a symbol of power of the ruling class. This ding, a quadripod, is the only relic which has a pattern of human faces among the 10,000 Shang Dynasty bronzeware items
