Ritual vessel (fu) lid
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.This lid was cast for the Confucian temple of Zhenjiang. It is well proportioned and features a neat seal-script inscription, the refined craftsmanship relating it to top-quality ritual bronzes from Jurong, a major production center only twenty-six miles southwest of Zhenjiang and its likely source.
Inscription
延祐元年, 歲在甲寅, 提調學校官鎮江路總管段庭珪， 儒學教諭郭景星謹識
On the jiayin year of the Yenyou reign [1314], Duan Tinggui, supervisor of the Confucian school and Director General of Zhenjiang, and Guo Jingxing, Instructor of the Confucian school, respectfully inscribed this.
Inscription
延祐元年, 歲在甲寅, 提調學校官鎮江路總管段庭珪， 儒學教諭郭景星謹識
On the jiayin year of the Yenyou reign [1314], Duan Tinggui, supervisor of the Confucian school and Director General of Zhenjiang, and Guo Jingxing, Instructor of the Confucian school, respectfully inscribed this.
Artwork Details
- 元延祐 鎮江路學祭器銅簠蓋
- Title: Ritual vessel (fu) lid
- Period: Yuan dynasty (1271–1368)
- Date: 1314
- Culture: China
- Medium: Copper alloy
- Dimensions: H. 3 3/4 in. (9.5 cm); W. 11 1/8 in. (28.2 cm); D. 9 1/8 in. (23.1 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Lent by Shanghai Museum
- Rights and Reproduction: Photograph courtesy of Shanghai Museum
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art