Annotated owl-shaped zun vessel, 13th-12th C BCE3D Model
Zun wine vessel in the shape of an owl, 13th-12th century BCE, now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
From the vessel’s description on artsmia.org: ‘Vessels shaped like animals constitute virtually the only bronze sculpture known from the Shang period. Besides this owl, vessels in the form of buffalo, boars, rhinoceroses, elephants, and rams have also survived. This owl is one of the oldest and most naturalistic of the few remaining owl-shaped zun. Its form exhibits the influence of the Shang capital, Anyang, in the North, but the style and casting technique of the vessel (the indentation on the interior walls corresponds to a relief found on the exterior) indicate that it is related to the bronze tradition of the middle Yangzi region in southern China.’
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