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Ritual wine vessel, or gu
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Details
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- Material and technique
- bronze
- Dimensions
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32 cm (height)
15.8 cm max. (diameter)
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processed material › metal › alloy › copper alloy › bronze
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.
- Accession no.
- EA1956.3517
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Further reading
Tregear, Mary, Chinese Art, World of Art Library (London: Thames and Hudson, 1980), fig. 14, p. 29
Glossary
gu
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gu
Chinese ritual wine vessel with flaring mouth and foot.
Location
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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Ground floor | Room 10 | China to 800
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