Covered Bronze Jar "Kuei"
date: label: Accession Date
content: 11 Aug 1897
name: label: Donor Name
content: Chang Yen Hoon
notes: label: Notes
content: From Card: "a flattened globular jar decorated around the upper half with deep grovves which appear to date this item from the 9th. century BC within the Chou dynasty (though it had once been attributed to the Shang (1762 B.C.) This type of vessel is generally considered to be of ceremonial use to hold cooked cereals or other foods. Has two lateral animal-head handles and the wooden cover is surmounted with filigree carved dark green jade handle. Accompanied by a teakwood base. Inside of the bottom is an impressed inscription of which some of the letters are obliterated, and these are mostly the names of persons who would make it possible to date it more precisely. The following partial translation was made by the Chinese Legation in Wash. D.C.: 'On the auspicious day at the beginning of the Ninth moon ? , Duke of , had his first meeting at Wei with ? Tsu. The Duke ordered Hui Chi-mu, an official ? in commoration of the banquet, to make this valuable article ?' This practice of making valuable articles in commemoration of banquets is a typical Chou times. The interpretation of this object was made by Dr. John A. Pope - Freer Gallery of Art. * This item was obtained from the Minister in exchange for a cast of the Canopus inscription. July 1965 returned from Secretary's offide where had been on loan for years. Jun 1 1967, inventoried."
label: Record Last Modified
content: 1 Dec 2014
label: Specimen Count
content: 3
place: label: Place
content: China, Asia
topic: label: Topic
content: Ethnology
culture: label: Culture
content: Chinese
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content: Anthropology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 021844
label: USNM Number
content: E96857-0
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Jar