COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
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ChineseArtENG~1~1
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Work ID:
M01B00049
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M01B00049
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Title:
Bronze square Ding vessel with Kang Hou inscription
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Bronze square Ding vessel with Kang Hou inscription
Title
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Creation Date:
Early Western Zhou Dynasty
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Early Western Zhou Dynasty
Creation Date
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Start Year Date:
B.C.1100
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B.C.1100
Start Year Date
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End Year Date:
B.C.950
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B.C.950
End Year Date
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Dynasty:
07 Western Zhou (c. 1100 ~771 B.C.)
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07 Western Zhou (c. 1100 ~771 B.C.)
Dynasty
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Creation Place:
China
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China
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Measurements:
Height: 27.8 cm; Weight: 5160g
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Height: 27.8 cm; Weight: 5160g
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Material:
Bronze
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Bronze
Material
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Form:
Ding (cooking vessel)
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Ding (cooking vessel)
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Type:
Bronzes
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Bronzes
Type
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Repository:
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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The National Palace Museum, Taipei
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Description:
The four corners and the central lines on the four sides of the ding all are decorated with raised vertical ridges. The belly is primarily occupied by simplified animal mask motifs, and the four columnar feet are each decorated with the cicadas motif. Six characters in two columns are inscribed in one of the inner walls of the belly. The inscription is transcribed Kang ho fengzuo bozun. Feng is the name of emperor Wen of Zhou's ninth son, the youngest brother of emperor Wu. When emperor Wu extinguished the forces of Shang, he granted Feng the position to govern the kang region, and named him the marquis of Kang. When Emperor Wu passed away, the crowned prince succeeded him, and became emperor Cheng. When emperor Cheng again conquered Shang forces, he changed the name of the old Shang regions to Wei and designated this region to be under the administration of his uncle the Marquis of Kang, whose title by now had become uncle Weikang.
description_e
The four corners and the central lines on the four sides of the ding all are decorated with raised vertical ridges. The belly is primarily occupied by simplified animal mask motifs, and the four columnar feet are each decorated with the cicadas motif. Six characters in two columns are inscribed in one of the inner walls of the belly. The inscription is transcribed Kang ho fengzuo bozun. Feng is the name of emperor Wen of Zhou's ninth son, the youngest brother of emperor Wu. When emperor Wu extinguished the forces of Shang, he granted Feng the position to govern the kang region, and named him the marquis of Kang. When Emperor Wu passed away, the crowned prince succeeded him, and became emperor Cheng. When emperor Cheng again conquered Shang forces, he changed the name of the old Shang regions to Wei and designated this region to be under the administration of his uncle the Marquis of Kang, whose title by now had become uncle Weikang.
Description
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ImageV ID:
M01B00049AS005
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M01B00049AS005
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Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications
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Lee & Lee Communications
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