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6i
Bronze yan steamer
Height 105 (41 y*), diam. 61.2 (24 Vs),
weight 78.5 (172 3 A)
Transitional Period (c. 1400-1200 BCE)
From Dayangzhou, Xin'gan, Jiangxi Province
Jiangxi Provincial Museum, Nanchang
Among vessels in the Dayangzhou find, only this
four-legged steamer (yan) 1 surpasses the large
fangding in height and weight. It too was placed
near the coffin, and like the fangding was removed
by peasants before proper excavation began. Both
of these vessels would have towered over other
bronze and ceramic objects on an altar or in the
tomb chamber. Both were made to appear thickly
cast (in particular, the loop handles and rim of
the steamer), and both display animals on their
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