Queenmother Wu's Cauldron

In the late Shang Dynasty (approximately 14th century BC to 11th century BC), King Zugeng or Zujia of Shang Dynasty cast a tripod for the sacrificial mother (that is, the wife of King Wuding of Shang Dynasty). Unearthed in Wuguan Village, Anyang City, Henan Province, China in 1939, it is now in the National Museum of China. The body and four legs of the Houmuwu tripod of the Shang Dynasty are cast as a whole, and the ears of the tripod are cast after the tripod body is cast, and the inner wall of the abdomen is cast with the three characters "Houmuwu" in a vigorous style. It is the largest bronze ware unearthed so far. .