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Word: liba (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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Long after Yü, but at the dawn of Chinese history, the Shangs sat on the throne of China (1766-1122 B.C.). They offered wine to their ancestral spirits and to the gods of the air, and poured liba tions to the gods of the earth. What remained, they drank - it could infuse spirit into even the dullest men. They poured the wine in bronze pots and cups which were shaped to a perfection that perhaps no metal work has equaled since...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Wine on the Wing | 12/17/1945 | See Source »

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