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96. Ritual bronze food vessel gui or xiao xin yu
Shang dynasty, Yinxu period, circa 13 – 11 centuries bc.
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商代殷墟時期乳丁紋青銅簋 或盂
Height: 19.7 cm Diameter: 28.2 cm

Provenance: Notes:
▪ J.J. Lally & Co., New York, USA. ▪ This type of vessel, usually regarded as a gui, is called
in some bronze inscriptions, a fanyu (飯盂) or yu used
Published: for holding cooked rice.
▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang ▪ The principal distinguishing characteristic of the xiao
Collection, London 2009, p. 200 – 201, no. 96. xin yu is the vertical shape of its body, whereas the gui
has a convex body.

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