COLLECTION NAME:
National Palace English
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Work ID:
M01B00036
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M01B00036
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Title:
Bronze Gui vessel with Men Zu Ding inscription
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Bronze Gui vessel with Men Zu Ding inscription
Title
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Creation Date:
Late Shang and Early Zhou Dynasty
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Late Shang and Early Zhou Dynasty
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Start Year Date:
B.C.1321
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B.C.1321
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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:
05 Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ~1100 B.C.)
dynasty
05 Shang Dynasty (c. 1600 ~1100 B.C.)
Dynasty
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Dynasty:
06 Zhou Dynasty (c. 1100 ~ 256 B.C.)
dynasty
06 Zhou Dynasty (c. 1100 ~ 256 B.C.)
Dynasty
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Creation Place:
China
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China
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Measurements:
Height: 18.5 cm; Weight: 3890g
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Height: 18.5 cm; Weight: 3890g
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Material:
Bronze
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Bronze
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Form:
Gui (food container)
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Gui (food container)
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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:
This is a gui without handles. The majority of gui from the late Shang has a pair of handles, and these vessels are used to hold rice. This bronze quality of this vessel is solid, refined, and weighty. Gently knocking it produces a deep and sonorous sound.The belly takes up the diamond-and-boss decoration with bosses in especially high relief. The neck below the rim is decorated with gui-dragons, with each pair of dragons facing each other. In the center is a tiger's head in high relief, and the ring foot is decorated with tiger patterns identifiable from the shape of the tigers' ears.There are three characters inscribed in the center of the inside of its belly. The first character is in the shape of two doors, and is transcribed men, which is the clan sign, highly likely of the officials responsible for building doors in the Shang dynasty. Many Chinese last names from Shang originated from the professions. Therefore in this case men is also used as a last name. Below the family name are two characters transcribed zu and ding. The inscription indicates that this ritual vessel is made by the men family for their ancestor ding.
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This is a gui without handles. The majority of gui from the late Shang has a pair of handles, and these vessels are used to hold rice. This bronze quality of this vessel is solid, refined, and weighty. Gently knocking it produces a deep and sonorous sound.The belly takes up the diamond-and-boss decoration with bosses in especially high relief. The neck below the rim is decorated with gui-dragons, with each pair of dragons facing each other. In the center is a tiger's head in high relief, and the ring foot is decorated with tiger patterns identifiable from the shape of the tigers' ears.There are three characters inscribed in the center of the inside of its belly. The first character is in the shape of two doors, and is transcribed men, which is the clan sign, highly likely of the officials responsible for building doors in the Shang dynasty. Many Chinese last names from Shang originated from the professions. Therefore in this case men is also used as a last name. Below the family name are two characters transcribed zu and ding. The inscription indicates that this ritual vessel is made by the men family for their ancestor ding.
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ImageV ID:
M01B00036AS003
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M01B00036AS003
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Rights:
Lee & Lee Communications
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Lee & Lee Communications
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