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Maker: Unknown
Gu wine vessel, bronze. The vessel is of a long trumpet shape, with a belt at the middle. The collar and lower body are divided into four fields, each with dragons butting heads and forming brutal t'ao t'ieh masks. Near the top, there are four long tapering triangular motifs, varying in detail
History note: Unknown before testator
Bequeathed by E. Maurice B. Ingram
Diameter: 16.5 cm
Height: 29.2 cm
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1941) by Ingram, Edward Maurice Berkeley
Late Chou Dynasty, c. 1122-249 BC
Circa
-1122
-
-0249
Accession number: O.2-1941
Primary reference Number: 138321
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The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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