&lt;I>Ding&lt;I> (ritual food vessel) http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2260/lt-i-ding-lt-i-ritual-food-vessel ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: &lt;I>Ding&lt;I> (ritual food vessel) &lt;I>Ding&lt;I> (ritual food vessel) http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2260/lt-i-ding-lt-i-ritual-food-vessel 16 16 &lt;I>Ding&lt;I> (ritual food vessel) http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2260/lt-i-ding-lt-i-ritual-food-vessel http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2260/lt-i-ding-lt-i-ritual-food-vessel Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects, Metalwork Artist Unknown (China) -1200 -1200 Asia, China Bronze Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects Thu, 10 Jan 2013 02:11:19 -0500 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:title cdwalite:title">&lt;I>Ding&lt;I> (ritual food vessel)</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Artist</td> <td><h3><a property="dcterms:creator cdwalite:displayCreator" href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_workDisplayCreator/Artist+Unknown+%28China%29">Artist Unknown (China)</a></h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3 property="dcterms:created dc:date cdwalite:displayCreationDate cdwalite:earliestDate vra:date" content="-1200">12th century BCE</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td><a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/f_InstitutionTitle/Minneapolis+Institute+of+Arts">Minneapolis Institute of Arts</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Location</td> <td> On view at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, <a href="http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/list/breadcrumb/true/query/location%3A%22G214%22">G214</a> </td> </tr> </table><br/>The body of the vessel displays a band of hanging blades with crisply delineated cicadas in a ground of squared spirals. In the neck belt, piars of consecutive beaked dragons are separated from pairs of antithetical beaked dragons by rudimentary flanges. Again the background is squared spirals. Patinagreen. http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/2260/lt-i-ding-lt-i-ritual-food-vessel Artist Unknown (China)