LATE SHANG DYNASTY, 12TH-11TH CENTURY BC

A jia of similar date and shape, in the Shanghai Museum, which is said to be from Anyang, is illustrated by R.W. Bagley in Shang Ritual Bronzes in the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, 1987, p. 175, fig. 10.2. Although the Shanghai jia also has bowstring bands around the shoulder and neck, which the author notes as an unusual placement, it has the addition of a continuous decorative band around the body, which is formed by joined V-shaped bands on each leg that are outlined in bowstring borders.