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 ...

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 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.

The earliest writings in China were found on ox scapulae, tortoiseshells, and bronzes during the Shang dynasty. Dated from around 1400-1200 B.C.E, the inscriptions on bones and shells-called "oracle ...

Bronzes were as important to the early ... It was made during the Zhou dynasty, which followed the Shang. This large horse – over a metre high - would have been made for the tomb of an élite ...