"Gui" vessel
Gallery Location
Joey and Toby Tanenbaum Gallery of China
Medium
Cast bronze
Geography
Northwest China
Date
mid 8th to mid 7th century BC
Period
Eastern Zhou period
Dimensions
21.5 x 18 cm
Object number
993.138.1
Credit Line
Dr. Herman Herzog Levy Bequest Fund
Cataloguer
Doris J. Dohrenwend
ROM Staff, 1967 to 1996
Department
Art & Culture: China
Description
This vessel illustrates the interaction between the pastoral nomads of the north and their settled neighbours to the south. The object’s shape is distinctively northern, while its decoration is unmistakably Chinese. Similar decorative motifs are found on different Chinese vessel types dating to the eighth and seventh centuries BC.
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