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Shang Dynasty

owl grid — This tomb confirmed Fu Hao’s role as one of the most important female military commanders of ancient China.

War and Sacrifice: The Tomb of Fu ...

by Dr. Cortney E. Chaffin

Lidded ritual ewer (guang) with taotie, dragons, birds, tigers, elephants, fish, snakes, and humans, China, Middle Yangzi Valley, c. 1100–1050 B.C.E., bronze, 31.4 x 31.5 x 14.4 cm (Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer. F1961.33a-b) — Tigers, dragons, and, monsters on a Shang Dynasty Ewer

Tigers, dragons, and, monsters on a Shang ...

by Keith Wilson, Curator of Ancient Chinese art, National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian and Dr. Beth Harris

shang grid — Learn about how the Shang people left many legacies for later generations in China

Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1050 B.C.E.), an introduction

by National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution

Oracle Bone, Shang dynasty — The writing on these bones is 3000 years old, but scholars can decipher an incredible 40 percent of the characters.

Oracle Bone, Shang Dynasty

by Dr. Kristen Loring Brennan, Dr. Beth Harris and National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution