Treasure Canons · TC6

Feasts of Bell and Cauldron

Cooking pots, wine vessels, tea bowls and banquet ware: flavour and feasting told through objects

30treasures

10dynasties

18institutions

This canon collects objects of food and feasting: ding, li and yan for cooking, zun, hu and jue for wine, lacquer ear-cups and silver at the banquet, Song tea bowls and Ming and Qing wine sets. Bells ringing and cauldrons serving pictures the noble feast; the vessels keep the tastes and manners of each age.

Representative treasures

30 treasures
Tang dynasty · Gold & Silver VesselsSilver Flask with Dancing Horse Holding a CupThe horse that danced for the emperor's birthdayShaanxi History MuseumTE10014Tang dynasty · Gems & Precious StonesAgate Rhyton with Animal HeadAn agate drinking horn in Silk Road fashionShaanxi History MuseumTE10020Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingGu Hongzhong, The Night Revels of Han XizaiA night party seen through a court painter's eyesPalace MuseumTE10032Late Shang dynasty · Bronze Wine VesselsWine Vessel Set from Sacrificial Pit 1022, XibeigangA wine service from a Shang royal sacrificeInstitute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaTE10084Tang dynasty · Gold & Silver VesselsGilt Silver Drinking-game Canister on a TortoiseA Tang drinking game played with the AnalectsZhenjiang MuseumTE10105Yuan dynasty, 1265 · Display Jade CarvingsDushan Great Jade UrnKublai Khan's great jade wine seaRound City, Beihai ParkTE10131Western Jin dynasty · Display Jade CarvingsJade Zun with Mythical BeastsA Han-style jade vessel in a Jin general's tombHunan MuseumTE10133Western Han dynasty · Display Jade CarvingsHorn-shaped Jade CupA drinking horn carved from one piece of jadeNanyue King MuseumTE10135Warring States period · Gems & Precious StonesWarring States Crystal CupA see-through cup from over two thousand years agoHangzhou MuseumTE10137Neolithic, Hemudu culture · Prehistoric PotteryPottery Stove from HemuduA portable stove from HemuduZhejiang Provincial MuseumTE10155Neolithic, Yangshao culture · Prehistoric PotteryEagle-shaped Pottery DingA clay eagle that has sat for six thousand yearsNational Museum of ChinaTE10158Northern Song dynasty · Celadon WaresRu Ware Lotus-shaped Warming BowlA Ru ware lotus in bloomNational Palace MuseumTE10162

Bronze, Gold & Silver

3 treasures
Tang dynasty · Gold & Silver VesselsSilver Flask with Dancing Horse Holding a CupThe horse that danced for the emperor's birthdayShaanxi History MuseumTE10014Late Shang dynasty · Bronze Wine VesselsWine Vessel Set from Sacrificial Pit 1022, XibeigangA wine service from a Shang royal sacrificeInstitute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaTE10084Tang dynasty · Gold & Silver VesselsGilt Silver Drinking-game Canister on a TortoiseA Tang drinking game played with the AnalectsZhenjiang MuseumTE10105

Jade, Stone & Seals

5 treasures
Tang dynasty · Gems & Precious StonesAgate Rhyton with Animal HeadAn agate drinking horn in Silk Road fashionShaanxi History MuseumTE10020Yuan dynasty, 1265 · Display Jade CarvingsDushan Great Jade UrnKublai Khan's great jade wine seaRound City, Beihai ParkTE10131Western Jin dynasty · Display Jade CarvingsJade Zun with Mythical BeastsA Han-style jade vessel in a Jin general's tombHunan MuseumTE10133Western Han dynasty · Display Jade CarvingsHorn-shaped Jade CupA drinking horn carved from one piece of jadeNanyue King MuseumTE10135Warring States period · Gems & Precious StonesWarring States Crystal CupA see-through cup from over two thousand years agoHangzhou MuseumTE10137

Ceramics & Glass

9 treasures
Neolithic, Hemudu culture · Prehistoric PotteryPottery Stove from HemuduA portable stove from HemuduZhejiang Provincial MuseumTE10155Neolithic, Yangshao culture · Prehistoric PotteryEagle-shaped Pottery DingA clay eagle that has sat for six thousand yearsNational Museum of ChinaTE10158Northern Song dynasty · Celadon WaresRu Ware Lotus-shaped Warming BowlA Ru ware lotus in bloomNational Palace MuseumTE10162Five Dynasties · Celadon WaresYaozhou Ware Carved Reverse-filling EwerThe ewer you fill from the bottomShaanxi History MuseumTE10169Five Dynasties · Celadon WaresYue Ware Lotus Cup and StandA celadon lotus from the Tiger Hill pagodaSuzhou MuseumTE10171Southern Song dynasty · Black & Tea WaresYohen Tenmoku Tea Bowl (Inaba Tenmoku)A starry sky in black glazeSeikado Bunko Art MuseumTE10185Southern Song dynasty · Black & Tea WaresYohen Tenmoku Tea Bowl (Fujita Museum)The Fujita bowl among the threeFujita MuseumTE10186Southern Song dynasty · Black & Tea WaresOil-spot Tenmoku Tea Bowl, Museum of Oriental Ceramics, OsakaA bowl of shimmering silver spotsMuseum of Oriental Ceramics, OsakaTE10187Ming dynasty, Chenghua reign (1465–1487) · Overglaze Enamelled WaresChenghua Doucai Chicken Cups (Pair)The most famous small cups of the Chenghua imperial kilnsNational Palace MuseumTE10192

Calligraphy, Painting & Rubbings

9 treasures
Southern Tang (Five Dynasties) · Figure PaintingGu Hongzhong, The Night Revels of Han XizaiA night party seen through a court painter's eyesPalace MuseumTE10032Tang dynasty · Calligraphy OriginalsHuaisu, Bitter Bamboo ShootsA monk's note asking for shoots and teaShanghai MuseumTE10235Southern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingBanquet by Lantern LightA Southern Song court party by lamplightNational Palace MuseumTE10286Late Tang · Figure PaintingPalace ConcertA tea party in the Tang inner palaceNational Palace MuseumTE10291Song dynasty · Figure PaintingYan Liben (attributed), Xiao Yi Seizing the Orchid Pavilion PrefaceA deception over teaNational Palace MuseumTE10293Northern Song dynasty · Figure PaintingEmperor Huizong of Song, Literary GatheringA literary gathering from Huizong's academyNational Palace MuseumTE10316Tang dynasty · Figure PaintingA Palace ConcertA Tang palace party of tea, wine and musicNational Palace MuseumTE10331Ming dynasty, 15th-16th century · Figure PaintingDai Jin, Spring RevelryA springtime drinking party under the pinesNational Palace MuseumTE10341Southern Song dynasty · Genre & Ruled-Line PaintingMa Yuan, Banquet by Lantern LightA palace banquet by lantern lightNational Palace MuseumTE10494

Lacquer, Wood & Furniture

4 treasures
Three Kingdoms, Eastern Wu · Painted LacquerPair of Leather-Bodied Marbled Lacquer Ear Cups with Gilt-Bronze RimsThe earliest known marbled lacquerZhu Ran Family Cemetery Museum, Ma'anshanTE10606Three Kingdoms, Eastern Wu · Painted LacquerLacquer Plate with Scenes of Aristocratic Life from the Tomb of Zhu RanA day in the life of Wu aristocratsZhu Ran Family Cemetery Museum, Ma'anshanTE10611Neolithic, Hemudu culture · Painted LacquerRed Lacquered Wooden Bowl from HemuduA coat of red lacquer from the NeolithicZhejiang Provincial MuseumTE10612Late Shang dynasty · Ivory, Horn & Bone CarvingIvory Cup Inlaid with TurquoiseFu Hao's turquoise-inlaid ivory cupInstitute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social SciencesTE10619

Types by dynasty

Where this canon's treasures fall by type and dynasty; click an ink dot to open that dynasty at that type.

Feasts of Bell and Cauldron · Types by dynasty
ShangZhouHanThree KingdomsJinTangTen KingdomsSongYuanMing
Bronze, Gold & Silver3
Jade, Stone & Seals5
Ceramics & Glass7
Calligraphy, Painting & Rubbings9
Lacquer, Wood & Furniture3
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