Period:Western Zhou dynasty Production date:10thC BC (circa)
Materials:bronze
Technique:cast
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Height: 9.87 inches
Description:
Bronze ritual vessel, ‘you’. Decorated with a dragon design and an inscription.
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![图片[1]-you BM-1947-0712.329-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Western Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00367011_001.jpg)
![图片[2]-you BM-1947-0712.329-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Western Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00350452_001.jpg)
![图片[3]-you BM-1947-0712.329-China Archive](https://chinaarchive.net/Western Zhou dynasty/Bronzes/mid_00328330_001.jpg)
Comments:Rawson 1992:’You’ is a ritual wine vessel with an S-shaped profile, a lid and a long U-shaped handle, that was in use from the late Shang period. Around 850BC, some ancient wine vessels which had been in use for centuries were no longer made, while new types were invented and new forms for older ones were also expoused. The wine cups, ‘jue’ and ‘gu’, were abandoned; the food vessels, ‘xu’ and ‘dou’, and the large wine flask ‘hu’ were adapted from existing vessels; bells were introduced from the south; and new forms of food basin, ‘gui’, were employed. The ‘you’ is one of the shapes which was abandoned in the metropolitan area of the Zhou state, though it would remain a popular form in the provincial east, south and southwest (see BM 1983.0202.1).The changes to bronzes were made for both religious and political reasons. Changes in the large bronze industry therefore imply changes in religious practice, probably supported by substantial changes in society.
Materials:bronze
Technique:cast
Subjects:dragon
Dimensions:Height: 9.87 inches
Description:
Bronze ritual vessel, ‘you’. Decorated with a dragon design and an inscription.
IMG
Comments:Rawson 1992:’You’ is a ritual wine vessel with an S-shaped profile, a lid and a long U-shaped handle, that was in use from the late Shang period. Around 850BC, some ancient wine vessels which had been in use for centuries were no longer made, while new types were invented and new forms for older ones were also expoused. The wine cups, ‘jue’ and ‘gu’, were abandoned; the food vessels, ‘xu’ and ‘dou’, and the large wine flask ‘hu’ were adapted from existing vessels; bells were introduced from the south; and new forms of food basin, ‘gui’, were employed. The ‘you’ is one of the shapes which was abandoned in the metropolitan area of the Zhou state, though it would remain a popular form in the provincial east, south and southwest (see BM 1983.0202.1).The changes to bronzes were made for both religious and political reasons. Changes in the large bronze industry therefore imply changes in religious practice, probably supported by substantial changes in society.
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