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  1. Ting Vessel with Bowstring
  2. Pattern
  3. Early Shang  Dynasty
  4. (1766-1122 B.C.)
  5. Overall height     19.8cm
  6. Diameter of mouth  15.2cm
  7.       The bowstring motif 
  8. is  one  of  the  earliest 
  9. decorative patterns found 
  10. on  Chinese  bronzes.   It 
  11. appears on the majority of 
  12. early  Shang ritual bronzes, 
  13. occurring    even    more 
  14. frequently  than the animal  
  15. mask  motif.