CHINESE
Cooking vessel, Ding
11th century BCE

Medium
bronze

Measurements
18.3 × 15.3 cm diameter

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1956

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

Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
China

Inscription
incised inside base (in Chinese archaic script) c.: v Shi (Shi meaning name of a clan)

Accession Number
1671-D4

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, two loop rim handles, stylized cicada motifs. Ritual vessel for preparing food.