Tags: bronzes | National Palace Museum | vessel | Western Chou

Late Western Chou period (1046-771 BC)
Height: 17.7 cm, rim diameter: 25.3 x 18.3 cm, base diameter: 21.4 x 13.9 cm, weight: 4035 g 
 
he hsu as an evolution on the kuei vessel, along with the tile pattern decoration on its body, can be said to be a "reformation" of the middle and late Western Chou period.

Text: Yu Kuo-ching

 
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