the animal mask on the bronze sculpture

The bronze decoration features which can be summarized as Shang Bird short tail, long tail topped the Western Zhou Dynasty Bird. the late Bird features: small head, long neck and a hook mouth, the top of the bird's head with a short hook of feathers or a long cross Ling; bird body and a bird tail longer the bird body is a little thin , birds foot slightly hooked; birds tail was branched cut engraved to a trunk on a fork separation of the hook a little volume, detailed feathers depicts a bird tail. Second, Yu Wen, the image changes. The taotie motif on the bronze sculpture also embodies the simple view of nature of the people of Shang.
 This is the Fish Patterns changes. More animal images on the pottery of the Banpo type of culture, one of the most representative patterns of fish pattern, the largest number, and runs through the type of culture is always at Banpo. Fish pattern of the image than in the Banpo early pottery realistic, common single Yu Wen, mostly flat side of image to a straight line shape, the ratio is more accurate, then slightly flat panel. They portrayed and carve the animal mask on the bronze sculpture .  The original period of many Yu Wen's image. Changes: early approach: the black image, highlighting the outline image of the fish; line triggered the various parts of the fish, and a combination of black, white against the background of the way.
Separate Yu Wen in the mid-painted pottery varied because of its shape is based on a combination of straight lines and arcs, dots, arcs and arc equilateral triangle is interspersed with the use of, it seemed lively and Smart Fish Mating. Bronze pattern format, in addition to flat-style, but also appeared in the swing, jump attitude. For example, the Jiangzhai two unearthed the tip at the end color pottery, fish images, exaggerated the performance of instantaneous dynamic traveling fish look back to swimming. Another example, and Gansu Province the Qinan Royal Yin Wa Banpo type of cemetery unearthed a pottery bottle, around the abdomen painted a fish of four different poses, or Shu Zhanping swimming or dive illness, or relative back to lean pop Teng lively composition, called the masterpiece of the original painting. The bronze sculpture also was used to worship and pray for protection. Change the Formation of Decorative Patterns on the bronze sculpture
Separate late pottery Yu Wen, exaggerated and distorted art processing. Yu Wen, the head of the greatest change in the outstanding performance of the queen's mouth and teeth exposed, with Fish into the upper and lower symmetrical style, and Yu Wen, unified modeling of the arc strip tends to the geometric shape of the rich decorative.