Xu food container with qiequ curled pattern. late Western Zhou dynasty, c. 1046-771 BCE

Xu food container with qiequ curled pattern. Late Western Zhou dynasty, c. 1046-771 BCE

• Image Number:K1A001929N000000000PAB
• Dynamy:Western Zhou dynasty
• Category:Bronzes
• <function:ritual vessel, food vessel
• Material:Mineral/metal/bronze
• Description:
  The belly is rectangular with round corners, There are gaps in the middle of the four sides of the round foot, and the two curved ears are very close to the wall of the utensil, which is exactly the characteristic of “Gao” in the late Western Zhou Dynasty. There are four feet on the cover, which can be used upside down. The feet are hexagonal. The mouth edge and the cover edge are decorated with heavy ring patterns, the belly is decorated with tile patterns, the feet are decorated with hanging scales, and the cover surface is decorated with large stealing curves