Gui (Chinese food vessel)

3D Model

12th-11th Century BCE Gui (food vessel) in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

From the object’s description on artsmia.org: “Stylized animal motifs predominate Shang bronze decor. The dragon, snake, cicada, ram, owl, tiger and even elephant can all be found. These creatures were almost always subordinate to the taotie mask which typically dominates the largest or most important register of nearly all Shang bronzes. This exquisite food bowl has three such masks clearly cast in high relief encircling its cauldron. Below each mask, in the foot band, are two confronting dragons shown in profile, while four similar dragons appear above each mask in the top decorative band…”

More information: http://collections.artsmia.org/art/833/food-vessel-yu-china

Made with a few hundred 20MP photos, built in PhotoScan.

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Here’s the STL of the object on Thingiverse:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1561311