Date: Late Shang (13th - 11th century BC)
Dimensions: Height 27.3 cm, Diameter of mouth 16 cm
Weight: 1,040 g
Material: Bronze

• Object Type：
  • BRONZE
• Location：
  • Ancient Chinese Bronze Gallery
• Tag：
  • gu wine vessel late shang bronze

Gu is a drinking vessel. This piece is exquisitely shaped and beautifully decorated, indicating extremely high casting technology and design level. The openwork carving at the ring foot is quite uncommon among Gu wares. The vessel is a treasure in bronze Gu of the Shang dynasty. It gains its name for the inscription in the foot ring Huang, the family name of the maker.