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Ting Cauldron with Shell Decor (貝紋鼎)

Resource Identifier:
R020210

Description:
Shell decorations appear on the lid, handles and body. The knobs of the lid are shaped into three reclining animals. Petal patterns decorate the center of the lid. Prominent casting seams are evident and soot remained at the bottom of the vessel.

Date:
771-221 B.C.

Format:
Height 11.6, diameter of mouth 11.2, diameter of belly 13.0 cm.

Coverage:
Tomb M1, Shan-piao-chen, Chi-hsien, Honan

 

 

Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

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