[0220] Gui

[[0220] Gui]

The [0220] Gui is 19.2cm high, 24.5cm wide and 3.14kg heavy
This Gui has a closed mouth, a bulging belly, and the lid is fitted with a child and mother mouth. The catch on the lid is in a circle shape. There is a pair of appendages on both sides of the belly, and the circle foot is lower. The whole body is decorated with tile ribs
The inscription on the cover and the utensil is in five lines and 44 characters:
Only in October and February was the birth of Bading
Hai, Wang Zhirong defied the calendar, and ordered the state to be granted
Call for luans and flags to protect the state. [0220] For
Yang Wang Xiu, he used himself as a treasure. Ten thousand years
is used by Sun Tzu
The main idea of the inscription is that on the day of Dinghai in the first half of December, the minister of the king’s envoy Rong rewarded “0220” and ordered him to become a feudal state. He also asked his officials to give him the luanbells and flags for his car to protect his new state. [0220] In order to thank and publicize the beauty of the king, he made this treasure for the future generations.

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