Fu Hao owl zun

Fu Hao owl zun
Fu Hao zun at the Henan Museum
Height46.3 cm
Createdc. 1200 BC
Discovered1976
Anyang, Henan, China
Present locationChina

The Fu Hao Owl zun (Traditional Chinese: 婦好鴞尊; Simplified Chinese: 妇好鸮尊; Pinyin: Fù Hǎo xiāo zūn) are a pair of two zun vessels from the Shang dynasty. They were discovered in 1976 in the Tomb of Fu Hao, Yinxu, in present-day Anyang, Henan Province, China.[1] Considered a prominent example of the usage of the owl motif in Shang dynasty ritual bronzes, the works are now held by the Henan Museum and the National Museum of China.[1][2][3]

Fu Hao zun at the National Museum of China
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  2. ^ Ye, Shuxian (2022), "Xuan Bird from Heaven: The Owl Archetype Theory", A Mythological Approach to Exploring the Origins of Chinese Civilization, Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China's Development Path, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, pp. 369–391, doi:10.1007/978-981-19-3096-6_17, ISBN 978-981-19-3095-9, retrieved 2023-04-16
  3. ^ "Fu Hao owl-shaped vessel (zun) | National Museum of China". en.chnmuseum.cn. Retrieved 2023-04-16.