Grain serving vessel (gui)
This vessel is notable in that all of the ornamental decoration—except for the animal head handles—has been stripped away in favor of a bold design of horizontal fluting. The same twelve-character inscription is cast on the interiors of the vessel and its lid: “The Earl of San made this precious gui for Ji of Zhe. May it be perpetually used for tens and thousands of years.”
Artwork Details
- 西周 青銅簋
- Title: Grain serving vessel (gui)
- Period: Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 BCE)
- Date: early 9th century BCE
- Culture: China
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: H. 9 in. (22.9 cm); W. 13 in. (33 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Charlotte C. and John C. Weber Collection, Gift of Charlotte C. and John C. Weber through the Live Oak Foundation, 1988
- Object Number: 1988.20.3a, b
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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