Late Shang dynasty BC1600-1046

Lei wine vessel with goat-head high reliefs and knob pattern

Height: 37.3 cm, rim diameter: 31.3 cm, depth of belly: 27.2 cm, (diameter of foot): 29x29.5 cm, height of foot: 10.3 cm

This vessel has a tapered mouth, and round shoulders around which goat heads in high relief, flat bird patterns in relief, and patterns of kui dragons with lowered heads are decorated. The belly of the vessel is completely covered by nipple patterns with linked hooks, round spiral patterns, and four-petaled flower patterns. On the exterior walls of the belly, hook-shaped flanges can be seen, and the decorative features of this vessel show southern regional influences.