COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
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ChineseArtENG~1~1
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Work ID:
M01B00053
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M01B00053
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Title:
Bronze You with Zuo Bao Zun Yi inscription
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Bronze You with Zuo Bao Zun Yi inscription
Title
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Creation Date:
Middle Western Zhou Dynasty
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Middle Western Zhou Dynasty
Creation Date
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Start Year Date:
B.C.950
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B.C.950
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false
End Year Date:
B.C.850
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B.C.850
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
Creation Place
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Measurements:
Height: 20.6 cm; Weight: 2759g
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Height: 20.6 cm; Weight: 2759g
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Material:
Bronze
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Bronze
Material
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Form:
You (wine vessel)
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You (wine 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
Repository
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Description:
This wine vessel is short and robust. Two ends of its lid jut out in triangular shapes. Its belly bulges towards the bottom, and the two sides of its swing-handle are made into three-dimensional animal heads. Both the surface of the lid and the belly are decorated with four pairs of phoenixes that form a spiral pattern. The lively and animated quality they convey is the unusual beauty of this piece. The legendary phoenix of ancient China are in fact today's peacocks. The neck area below the rim of the vessel is further decorated with long-tailed birds, again confronting each other in pairs.Identical inscriptions of four characters are inside the lid and in the inner bottom of the belly, indicating its respectful usage as a ritual vessel for ancestral worship. The content of the inscription does not specify to which ancestor the vessel is dedicated; therefore it is probably made for a more general use in the ancestral temples.
description_e
This wine vessel is short and robust. Two ends of its lid jut out in triangular shapes. Its belly bulges towards the bottom, and the two sides of its swing-handle are made into three-dimensional animal heads. Both the surface of the lid and the belly are decorated with four pairs of phoenixes that form a spiral pattern. The lively and animated quality they convey is the unusual beauty of this piece. The legendary phoenix of ancient China are in fact today's peacocks. The neck area below the rim of the vessel is further decorated with long-tailed birds, again confronting each other in pairs.Identical inscriptions of four characters are inside the lid and in the inner bottom of the belly, indicating its respectful usage as a ritual vessel for ancestral worship. The content of the inscription does not specify to which ancestor the vessel is dedicated; therefore it is probably made for a more general use in the ancestral temples.
Description
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ImageV ID:
M01B00053AS002
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M01B00053AS002
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Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications
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Lee & Lee Communications
Rights
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