Jue libation vessel, 11th century BCE, 7 3/8 × 6 7/16 × 3 1/2 in., lb. ( × × cm, kg), Bronze, China, Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–977 BCE), Jue are one of the earliest ceremonial bronze forms created by artists in the Erlitou culture (c. 2000–1600 BCE), the first known culture in China to employ advanced bronze technology. The prototype of the bronze jue is a pottery vessel known as gui, found in the late Neolithic Longshan culture (c. 2500–2000 BCE). A type of wine vessel, Jue flourished during the Shang (c. 1600–1406 BCE) and early Western Zhou

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