Yü (Ritual vessel for food)
Artist: China (Chinese)
Date: Zhou Dynasty (1045-222 BCE), about 950 BCE
Dimensions:
H: 11 1/2 in. (29.2 cm); Diam: 16 1/4 in. (41.3 cm)
Medium: Bronze
Place of Origin: China
Classification: Metalwork
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1935.47
Label Text:During the Zhou Dynasty, craftsmen often included an inscription on bronze vessels, indicating the family for whom the vessel was made. An inscription on the inside of this bowl reads:
. . . made this precious sacral vessel
[in honor of] Keng.
Such bronze vessels, used to sacrifice to the ancestors, were usually part of sets that would be placed in the owner’s tomb so that the deceased could continue rituals of worship in the next life.
. . . made this precious sacral vessel
[in honor of] Keng.
Such bronze vessels, used to sacrifice to the ancestors, were usually part of sets that would be placed in the owner’s tomb so that the deceased could continue rituals of worship in the next life.
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