Gu wine beaker of He, late Shang dynasty, c. 13th-11th century BCE-China Archive

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Large opening, long neck, slight drum in middle abdomen, The feet are turned outward, and a shallow platform is raised near the bottom. The neck is decorated with banana leaf patterns, and the bottom is decorated with four eye patterns. The abdomen and the round feet have four corresponding leaf ridges, the abdomen is decorated with animal facial patterns, and the feet are decorated with Kui patterns and animal facial patterns. The two cross holes at the junction of the gastropods are not penetrated. The inscription is on the inner wall of the ring foot. The Tongming Gu handed down from generation to generation was found on page 24, page 16, of the Xiqing Ancient Classics, and is now in the Palace Museum in Beijing (see No. 052 of the Xiqing Ancient Classics Today Visit Beijing Palace Museum Volume). The Nanyang Museum in Henan Province also collected a piece of “Zi bat □ Gu”