CHINESE
Wine vessel, Gu
11th century BCE

Medium
bronze

Measurements
28.6 × 16.2 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Gift of H. W. Kent, 1938

Gallery location
Asian Art - Chinese Gallery
Level 1, NGV International

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
China

Inscription
incised on the top of the base (in Chinese archaic script) c.: de

Accession Number
3662-D3

Department
Asian Art

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of The Gordon Darling Foundation

Physical description
Slender body, widely flared foot and mouth, squared spiral (leiwen) and taotie motifs.