You' wine vessel, 11th century BCE, 8 9/16 × 8 5/16 × 5 5/8 in., lb. ( × × cm, kg)5 1/2 × 4 3/8 in. ( × cm) (object part, mouth-b)4 7/8 × 3 7/8 in. ( × cm) (object part, mouth-a)5 13/16 × 4 13/16 in. ( × cm) (object part, foot), Bronze, China, 11th century BCE, Bronze Age vessels were highly valued as antiquities by Chinese rulers and scholar-officials throughout history. In fact, this is one of a pair of inscribed vessels first published in the Xiqing Gujian

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