The archaic bronze cast ritual vessel is in the shape of a mythical beast, with two antlers on the head, archaic patterns on the body, and opens to hollow interior, the back with a C shaped handle.|Shang Dynasty period.||Height: 11 in (27.9 cm) Length: 10 in (25.4 cm) Width: 5 in (12.7 cm)|商代 小青銅兕觥|兕觥是中國古代盛酒或飲酒器。《詩經》中屢見其名，如《卷耳》：“我姑酌彼兕觥”。此件為橢圓形腹，圈足，有流有鋬，帶蓋，蓋為帶角的獸頭形，造型極富於想像力。主要盛行于商和西周前期。此物品相較好，底部有銘文較為難得。