page_title: Jia (vessel)
hierarchical_section_title: Jia (vessel)
caption_attribution_description: English: Three examples of the Jia, a type of ancient Chinese ritual wine vessel, from the middle of the Shang Dynasty (13th to 15h centuries before JC). In the collections of the Shanghai Museum Français&#160;: trois exemples de vaisselle rituelle chinoise Jia, un type ancien de récipient à vin, au milieu de la dynastie Shang (13eme à 15ème siècle avant JC), Musée de Shanghai.
context_page_description: A jia is a ritual vessel type found in both pottery and bronze forms; it was used to hold libations of wine for the veneration of ancestors. It was made either with four legs or in the form of a tripod and included two pillar-like protrusions on the rim that were possibly used to suspend the vessel over heat. The earliest evidence of the Jia vessel type appears during the Neolithic Period. It was a prominent form during the Shang and early Western Zhou dynasties, but had disappeared by the mid-Western Zhou.
context_section_description: A jia is a ritual vessel type found in both pottery and bronze forms; it was used to hold libations of wine for the veneration of ancestors. It was made either with four legs or in the form of a tripod and included two pillar-like protrusions on the rim that were possibly used to suspend the vessel over heat. The earliest evidence of the Jia vessel type appears during the Neolithic Period (c. 5000-2000 BCE). It was a prominent form during the Shang and early Western Zhou dynasties, but had disappeared by the mid-Western Zhou.
caption: Three examples of the Jia vessel form from the 14th century BCE
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