Houmuwu ding

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Sculpture · c. 1200 BC · Yinxu, Anyang · Asia

875 kg — the heaviest bronze vessel of the ancient world

Houmuwu ding — Mlogic · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Style: Shang and Zhou bronzes — Cast vessels for offerings to ancestors, covered in animal masks and inscriptions
Century: 13th century BC

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