Gu wine beaker with cruciform ya shaped emblem with a Qianlong period wooden case and stand, late Shang period, c. 13th-11th century BCE

Gu wine beaker with cruciform ya shaped em with a Qianlong period wooden case and stand, late Shang period, c. 13th to 11th century BCE

• Image Number:K1A001,932N000,000,000PAB
Dynasty:Shang dynamics
• Category:Bronzes
• Function:ritual vessels, Wine vessel
• Material:mineral/metal/bronze
• Description:. The belly is decorated with animal face patterns, and the upper and lower parts are decorated with two convex string patterns. The shape and decoration are similar to the bronze Gu (M1046:11) unearthed in the north of Liujiazhuang, Anyang, Henan Province. The inscription is on the inner wall of the ring foot. The Qing Palace made wooden hoop and pedestal for this instrument. The hoop is the imperial poem “Chanting Zhou Yagu” written in the 35th year of Qianlong’s reign (1770). On the pedestal, there is the inscription “Qianlong Imperial Reward”, and at the bottom, there is “Zhou Ya Gu Yi”