Yu Flask
The vessel has an oval cross-section, with k’uei dragons decorating the lid, body and swing handle. Similar inscriptions are found inside the lid and the vessel, each with six characters, indicating it belonged to the person named “邊 Pien.”
- Item No.
- R020012
- Period
- Mid 11th century-771 B.C.
- Dimensions
- Height 282.2, width of belly 19.5 cm
- Excavated/Findspot
- Tomb M60, Hsin-ts’un, Chun-hsien, Honan
- Materials
- bronze
- Notes
- Significant Antiquity
