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Guang (vessel)
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Image:ShangVessel.jpg|thumb|300px|13th century BC|13th-century BC guang. This vessel dates to the early Anyang period of the Shang dynasty (1300 BC|1300–1050 BC|1050 BC).
A guang (Wade-Giles: kuan) is an ancient China|ancient Chinese ritual wine cup, made of bronze. They were during the Shang dynasty|Shang and Zhou dynasty|Zhou dynasties, from around 1700 to 900 BCE. A guang has a vertical handle at one end and a long spout at the other, and guangs were often highly decorated, blurring the line between function and form.
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- http://www.britannica.com/search?ct=&query=Guang Encyclopaedia Brittanica
- http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/03/eac/ho_43.25.4.htm Timeline of Art History
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