EARLY SHANG DYNASTY, ERLIGANG PERIOD, CIRCA 1500 BC

Compare the liding, dated to the early Shang dynasty, of similar proportions, but raised on slightly shorter legs, and with narrow bands of circles flanking the geometric band beneath the rim, from Famen City, Fufeng County, Shaanxi province. See Shang Chou Dynasty Bronze V, Li Vessels, vol. 5, Taipei, 1990, p. 75, no. 19. Also illustrated, p. 73, no. 15, is another related liding of early Shang date, but lacking the double zigzag band on the lower body, from Wangjinglou, Xinzheng county, Henan province.