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Song gui
Western Zhou Bronze Vessel at the Yale University Art Gallery / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Song gui (Chinese: 頌簋; Pinyin: Sòng guǐ) is a Chinese ritual bronze Gui from the Western Zhou Dynasty (1046-771 BC). Acquired in 1952 by the Yale University Art Gallery, it was the gift of art dealer and Yale University alumnus Wilson P. Foss Jr.[1][2]
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Material | Bronze |
Long | 43.82 cm |
Height | 29.53 cm |
Width | 31.43 cm |
Writing | Chinese bronze inscriptions |
Created | ca. 825 BC-779 BC |
Period/culture | Western Zhou Dynasty |
Discovered | prior to the 19th century |
Place | Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut |
Classification | Chinese ritual bronze |
Registration | 1952.51.11a-b |
https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/49627 |
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The gui served as a sacrificial vessel for Chinese ancestral worship, holding cooked grain like millet. On the interior, a 152 character inscription describes a royal court appointment by King Xuan of Zhou to the namesake official of the bronze, Song (頌).[1][3]
Part of the set of a series of bronzes, the Song gui is provides insight into Western Zhou administration beyond the scope and historiography of bamboo slip texts.[3]