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Ritual food vessel (dou)
Ritual food vessel (dou)

Ritual food vessel (dou)

Place of OriginChina
Date850-771 BCE
DynastyWestern Zhou period (approx. 1050-771 BCE)
MaterialsBronze
DimensionsH. 5 1/2 in x W. 9 3/8 in
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60B933
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsMetal Arts
On View
Not on view
Inscribed10 characters, inside bottom. Can be read: "Shu Bin Fu made [this] precious gui. [May his] sons and grandsons use it forever."
More Information
With its openwork wave band and masks, the stem of our last vessel, the dou (B60B933), nicely matches the crown of the hu in this plate. The vertical side of the bowl offers another illustration of the frieze of gyrating dissolved animal shapes centering on an eye. Cast on the bottom of the bowl a ten character inscription reads: "Shu Bin Fu (father) made (this) precious gui. (His) sons and grandsons (will) use (it) forever " (see fig. 62).