Stand-Alone Motif Molds
These artifacts are “stand-alone motif molds,” only with carved motifs. Their surfaces are flat, indicating that they are embedded in the clay mold assemblages to cast rectangular vessels, most likely to produce the bands of patterns on the neck of a square ting cauldron.
- Period
- 殷商
- Excavated/Findspot
- 河南安陽殷墟小屯
- Notes
- 1. Stand-Alone Motif Mold, R017554, Pit YH38, Hsiao-t’un
2. Stand-Alone Motif Mold, R016896, Pit YH42, Hsiao-t’un
3. Stand-Alone Motif Mold, R017123, Pit YH42, Hsiao-t’un
4. Stand-Alone Motif Mold, R017289:17, Pit YH42, Hsiao-t’un
