CHINESE
Wine vessel, Jue
11th century BCE

Medium
bronze

Measurements
20.5 × 18.1 × 9.7 cm

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

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
China

Inscription
incised inside lower rim (in Chinese archaic script): (de)

Accession Number
3663B-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
Three legs, bulbuos body, 'beak' spout, two column and two side handles. Spiral and taotie motifs.