Gui food vessel
Gui food vessel
3D
Published 2018-11-13T16:42:20+00:00
The gui was the primary food vessel used in ceremonial rituals for offerings of grain. One of the most important components of the ritual paraphernalia, it was often coupled with the ding (another food vessel). The form was produced as early as the Anyang period of the Shang dynasty (c. 1300–1046 BCE) and developed into many varieties. This vessel, with its wide mouth, ample, bowl-shaped body, and C-shaped handles represents the typical gui of the Western Zhou. The flange forms the center of a taotie animal mask. The handles are topped by horned animal heads, and bird wings are carved in flat-band relief on the bow, thus giving the animal head a bird’s body.
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This object was scanned by The Minneapolis Institute of Art
| Date published | 13/11/2018 |
| Title | Gui food vessel |
| Date | 11th century BC |
| Dimension | 19.2cm × 34.4cm × 21.9cm |
| Accession | 50.46.19 |
| Period | Ancient |
| Medium | Bronze |
| Credit | Bequest of Alfred F. Pillsbury |
| Record | https://collections.artsmia.org/art/871/gui-food-vessel-china |
| Artist | Unknown artist |
| Place | Minneapolis Institute of Art |
