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Zhou Bronzes: Sacrificial vessel, 279 BC

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dc.contributor.authorSpeiser, Werner
dc.contributor.authorPhotographer: Arthur Llewellyn Basham
dc.coverage.spatialChina
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-24T03:57:13Z
dc.date.available2020-08-24T03:57:13Z
dc.date.created1960
dc.date.updated2020-08-24T03:57:13Z
dc.descriptionInlaid with malachite. The incised inscription shows that the vessel was made in 279 BC, presumably somewhere near modern Peking, and came as plunder into the hands of its owner. Bronzes resembling it have been found in the graves at Chin-Ts'un, near Luoyang, the Zhou dynasty capital. -- h: 15" (University Museum, Philadelphia).
dc.format.extent35mm
dc.format.mediumslide
dc.format.mediumcolour
dc.identifierANUA 682-5220
dc.identifier.otherC-582
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/208310
dc.language.isoen_AU
dc.provenanceDigitised by the Australian National University in 2372
dc.rights.licenseThis image is provided for research purposes only and must not be reproduced without the prior permission of the Archives Program, Australian National University.
dc.subjectChina
dc.subjectmetalwork
dc.subjectbronze
dc.subjectbook scan
dc.titleZhou Bronzes: Sacrificial vessel, 279 BC
dc.typeImage
dspace.entity.typeANUArchivesItem
local.description.notesSource: Werner Speiser, The Art of China: Spirit and Society, translated by George Lawrence, New York, Crown, 1960, p. 66

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