Here’s something that caught my eye while browsing the edu-manga ‹Sho› no Rekishi to Meisaku Tehon (★★★☆☆):

Of course, this is just scratching the surface of the rich world of Chinese bronzeware (of which I know next to nothing). What drew my attention is how many of those characters look pictographic; there’s even a few old favorites like the “cute robot” 鼎 or the Bomberman, 卣. Looking closely:

Character	Sample old form	Drawing of vessel	Description	MC	SJ	Mandarin	Typical analysis
鼎			Sacrificial vessel (祭器), originally a cauldron for cooking and storing meat (食器) (wikipedia)	tengX	tei	dǐng	pictograph
卣			Covered pot for liquid offerings (wikipedia)	yuw	yuu	yǒu	pictograph
壺			Pear-shaped ritual wine vessel (wikipedia)	hu	ko	hú	pictograph
爵			Tripod goblet for warm wine (wikipedia)	tsjak	shaku	jué	pictograph (+ hand?)
斝			A cauldron for warming wine / holding libations (wikipedia)	kaeX	ka	jiǎ	pictograph
尊			Tall cylindrical wine cup (wikipedia)	tswon	son	zūn	hands offering cup
彝 彞 彛			1. Large squat round pot. 2. Tall box-like container. 3. Generic name for sacrificial vessels. 4. Synonym of 尊 zūn above (wikipedia)	yij	i	yí	something involving hands, thread, rice, and a pig
角			A wine cup similar to a 爵 jué (wikipedia)	kaeX	kaku	jué (not jiǎo)	pictograph of horn (borrowed character?)
觚			Tall wine cup with no handles (wikipedia)	ku	ko	gū	pictograph of horn + shape indicator?
盤			Round curved dish for food (wikipedia)	ban	ban	pán	pictograph of bowl (bottom) + phonetic element
𣪘	(-)		??? (perhaps the same as 簋 guǐ?)	kwijX	ki	guǐ	???

MC is Middle Chinese reconstruction as per Baxter-Sagart (using their notation); SJ is the Sino-Japanese (on-yomi). Click the character for a Kanjigen link, from which you can browse more analyses. The sample old form (seal, bronze, or oracle-bone) is from Sear; click it for a direct link to his site, which lists lots more.

The last character seems rare, and the high-plane Unicode encoding apparently confuses both Sear’s and my own Kanjigen tool.