Gu (libation goblet, one of a pair with 1948/1.118) / Artist Unknown, China
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- Accession Number
- 1948/1.117
- Title
- Gu (libation goblet, one of a pair with 1948/1.118)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- cast bronze with heavy malachite patina
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1300 BCE - circa 1100 BCE
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Henan (province)
- Anyang
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Henan (province)
- Creation Place 4
- Anyang
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Margaret Watson Parker
- Inscription
- Inside the foot: Worship Fu I (pai fu i)
- Dimensions
- 29.5 cm x 16.8 cm x 16.8 cm (11 5/8 in. x 6 5/8 in. x 6 5/8 in.)
- Century
- 12th-11th century BCE
- Primary Object Classification
- Metalwork
- Primary Object Type
- vessel
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ritual Objects
- Secondary Object Type
- beaker
- Physical Description
- Wine drinking goblet or beaker with a wide, trumpet-shaped mouth, narrow, banded waist, and flaring foot. The slender silhouette of the vessel suggests a date towards the end of the Late Shang period. The body is decorated with Tao-tie mask design, divided by the elaborate raised flanges. An inscription is found inside the flaring foot, presumably the name of the person that the vessel is dedicated or the clan emblem.
- Subject Matter
- elaborately decorated bronze wine goblet used in elite feasting or offing wine at ancetral rituals in early China. Often used as part of a set of ritual vessels and placed in the burials of the Shang elite. The surface is decorated with tao-tie design, and the foot is inscribed with the clam emblem or the elite person to whom the vessel is dedicated.
- Secondary Keywords
- containers
- containers by function or context
- containers for serving and consuming food
- culinary containers
- drinking glasses
- drinking vessels
- events
- objects we use
- people and culture
- vessels for serving and consuming food
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Technical Details
- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 2695 x 3978
- File Size
- 1 MB
- Record
- 1948/1.117
- Link to this Item
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"Gu (libation goblet, one of a pair with 1948/1.118); Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1948-sl-1.117/1948_1_117.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.
