The liquid was found in an owl-shaped bronze utensil dating back to the Shang Dynasty (c.1600BC-1046BC), which was unearthed at the Daxinzhuang Ruins in Jinan, the capital of Shandong, in 2010.
Bronze - Late Shang dynasty, about 1100 BC This form of wine ... above these are large ‘taotie’ monster-masks, repeated on the lid, and below the rim are two further small dragons.
The pit contained bronze vessels with distinctive features linked to the late Shang dynasty, China’s first ... include bronze kneeling figure, large mask, and sacred tree The discoveries ...