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37. Ritual bronze wine vessel hu
Shang dynasty, Yinxu period, circa 13 – 11 centuries bc.
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商代殷墟時期獸面紋青銅壺
Height: 36. 3 cm
Inscription: Published:
▪ A single pictograph cast inside the vessel reads: ▪ Wang Tao, Chinese Bronzes from the Meiyintang
“Guang” 《光, meaning ‘bright’ or ‘Imperial favour’ Collection, London 2009, p. 82 – 83, no. 37.
shown to a consort or minister》 or “Kuang” 《貺,
meaning ‘bestow’ or ‘grant’ as a gift from a superior to
one lower in the hierarchy. 》
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