Ming bronze You wine vessel, 16th 17th Century
You wine vessel Ming Dynasty, 16th 17th Century
Bronze
26,5 cm. high
明期
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The inside with inscription on the bottom. These characters are shown on a shangyou 商卣 discovered in a Wei tombe in 1978. See the lower left marks in the rubbing. Here the second character is a combination of two. In the You they are shown as two characters..
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You wine vessel Ming Dynasty details:
This is a kind of kettle with low base and domed lid. The handle stretches across the top to lugs on two sides. Although clearly used for beer, probably a particular kind of spiced beer.
source:
http://pages.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/chin/bronzes/BronzeStuff.html#liquid