Shengding food vessel, 6th century BCE, 20 7/8 × 24 × 26 3/4 in., 101 lb. ( × × 68 cm, kg), Bronze, China, 6th century BCE, This magnificent ritual food vessel was cast around 575 BCE for use in religious or state ceremonies. The term shengding is given to the type of tripod with a flat bottom and pronounced waist seen here. The word sheng refers to the meat sacrifices that were offered in them. It was originally part of a graduated set of seven ding found in a tomb in southern China; this ding was the second largest

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