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Yen Steamer with the Character
Yen Steamer with the Character
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Yen Steamer with the Character

This piece is composed of a tseng cooking vessel and a li cauldron cast together. There was probably a grill in between, which is now missing. Two rounds of vague bowstring lines appear on the surface. A small vertical line and two dots between the two rounds of bowstring lines roughly represent the nose and the eyes of an animal mask. Inside the steamer is an inscription “ ”。
Item No.
R020014
Period
Mid 11th century-771 B.C.
Dimensions
Height 30.2, diameter of mouth 17.0 cm.
Excavated/Findspot
Tomb M60, Hsin-ts’un, Chun-hsien, Honan
Materials
bronze

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