Ding food vessel, 11th-10th century BCE, 7 11/16 × 6 1/4 × 6 5/16 in., lb. ( × × 16 cm, kg), Bronze, China, 11th-10th century BCE, As with many other types of bronze vessels, the ding had a pottery prototype dating back as early as the Peiligang culture of the Neolithic period (c. 7000–5000 BCE). Bronze versions of the flat-legged ding began to be cast early in the Shang dynasty (c. 1600–1300 BCE). The flat legs of those Shang ding were mostly shaped like stylized dragons. In the early Western Zhou period (c. 1046–977 BCE), it became popular for the ding legs to take the form

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