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28. Ritual bronze wine vessel you
Late Shang dynasty or early Western Zhou dynasty, circa 11 – 10 centuries bc.
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商代晚期 — 西周早期獸面紋青銅卣
Height of the vessel: 29 cm, Height including the handle: 32 cm

Inscription: Published:
▪ A fifteen – character bordered inscription cast both ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
inside the vessel and its cover reads: “(On the) geng Collection, London 2009, p. 68 – 69, no. 28.
yan odd day, Feng, Earl Tao (Earl Tao of Feng) again ▪ Guimet, Musée des arts asiatiques, Trésors de la
made (a) Feng precious vessel in (the) second month.” Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La Collection
《庚寅剛豐伯詜(tāo) 作又豐寶彝在二月X》. Meiyintang, Paris 2013, p. 60 – 61, no. 36.

Exhibited: Notes:
▪ Trésors de la Chine ancienne, Bronzes Rituels De La ▪ The shape and decoration of this magnificent you
Collection Meiyintang, Musée des arts asiatiques make it a perfect example of the style prevalent in
Guimet, Paris 13 mars – 10 juin 2013, catalogue no. 36. the transitional period between the end of the Shang
dynasty and the beginning of the Western Zhou
dynasty.
▪ A larger sized you, identical in its design, decoration
and inscription, and now in the Poly Museum, was
probably part of the same group as this you.

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