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Chinese Bronzes - Ritual Bronze Vessels


Gui, Western Zhou

Gui 簋 - round, wide surface vessel with handles from early Shang to Spring and Autumn period. There exist many types of gui vessels, like the ring-foot type (quanzu gui 圈足簋), a type with four handles (sier gui 四耳簋), a type with a square base (example to the left; fangzuo gui 方座簋), and types with three legs. The character indicates that this vessel had a part of bamboo.
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