Cast a guest’s cup

[Zhuke He]

Zhuke He is 21.9 cm high and weighs 3.52 kg
He has a round body, a drum belly, a flow, and flows into the shape of an animal’s head. Three iron cast short feet, a cover, and a beam. The two ends of the beam are decorated with animal heads. The beam and the cover are connected by two iron rings. The upper part of the lid and abdomen is decorated with fine feather patterns
On the outside of the cover and on the side of the mouth of the implement, there is a line of seven characters engraved on the inscription:
Zhuke Weiji [0043]
The main idea of the inscription: The foreign smelting and casting craftsman made this He for the institution that served the king’s food and drink
This He was unearthed in Zhujiaji, Shouxian County, Anhui Province in 1933


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