Jue wine vessel with inscription “Zi”, late Shang period, c. 13th-12th century BCE-China Archive

Dynasty:

Category:Bronzes
Function:Wine vessel, ritual vessel
span>Material:Mineral/metal/bronze
Description:
Egg shaped belly tripod. The neck is decorated with triangular patterns, the abdomen is decorated with animal face patterns, the flow and tail are decorated with banana leaf patterns, and the column is decorated with cloud and thunder patterns. The main pattern bulges out and forms a multi-layer pattern with the thunder pattern on the substrate. 鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬鋬. The feature of this device is that except for its body, it has ridges in both the flow and the tail. This feature is similar to that of the Fuhao Flat Bottom Jue in the tomb of Fuhao in Yin Ruins, but rare in other Jues. It is also rare that there are grooves on both sides of the triangular foot. This artifact is one of the “Ten Artifacts of the Zhou Path” awarded to the Imperial College in the 34th year of Qianlong’s reign (1769). It is named “Zijue Zhou”