Zhong wine vessel of Wang Chang Zi, early to mid-Western Han dynasty, c. 3rd-1st century BCE

Zhong wine vessel of Wang Chang Zi, early to mid-Western Han dynasty, c. 3rd-1st century BCE

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• Image Number: C1A001065N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Western Han dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: Container
• Material: Mineral/Metal/Bronze
• Description:
  It has a long mouth, a short neck, a rolling shoulder, a bulging belly, a round foot, and two animal faces on the shoulder with ring ears. Mouth edge, shoulder and abdomen ribbons. There is an inscription on the shoulder: “The eldest son of the king, Zhong Rong, weighs 0.05 kg.” The old collection of the Qing Palace was recorded on the eighth page of the sixteenth page of Volume B of the Western Qing Dynasty Continuation Book, and it was called “Han’s eldest son clock”.

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