Bronze, Gold & Silver · TT101

Bronze Food Vessels

Ritual food vessels: ding, li, gui, dou

20treasures

2dynasties

12institutions

Shang

7 treasures

1600–1046 BCE

Late Shang dynasty · Bronze Food VesselsHoumuwu DingA royal ritual cauldron weighing over 830 kilogramsNational Museum of ChinaTE10002Late Shang · Bronze Food VesselsYa Chou Square GuiA square gui marked with the Ya Chou clan signNational Palace MuseumTE10066Late Shang dynasty · Bronze Food VesselsDahe Square Ding with Human FacesThe human-faced ding from the Xiang valleyHunan MuseumTE10069Late Shang dynasty · Bronze Food VesselsZilong DingA giant ding that came homeNational Museum of ChinaTE10072Early Shang dynasty · Bronze Food VesselsDuling Square DingAn early Shang giant from ZhengzhouHenan MuseumTE10073Late Shang dynasty · Bronze Food VesselsNiu Fang Ding (Ox Square Ding)The ox ding from a Shang royal tombInstitute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaTE10075Late Shang dynasty · Bronze Food VesselsLu Fang Ding (Deer Square Ding)The deer ding beside the ox dingInstitute of History and Philology, Academia SinicaTE10078

Zhou

13 treasures

1046–221 BCE

Early Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsLi GuiThe bronze that dates the Zhou conquest of ShangNational Museum of ChinaTE10001Late Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsDa Ke DingA Western Zhou giant guarded by the Pan familyShanghai MuseumTE10003Early Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsDa Yu DingA royal charge of the early Zhou, cast in bronzeNational Museum of ChinaTE10004Late Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsMao Gong DingKing Xuan's long charge to the Duke of MaoNational Palace MuseumTE10005Late Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsHu GuiA bronze cast by a Zhou king for himselfBaoji Bronze Ware MuseumTE10064Warring States period · Bronze Food VesselsIron-legged Bronze Ding of the King of ZhongshanZhongshan's iron-legged ding of royal counselHebei MuseumTE10065Early Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsBoju LiA Yan bronze guarded by seven ox headsCapital MuseumTE10067Early Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsGui with Paired DragonsTwo dragons that meet when the lid closesNational Palace MuseumTE10068Early Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsTianwang GuiA bronze that records a great early Zhou riteNational Museum of ChinaTE10070Early Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsTaibao DingThe Grand Protector's square dingTianjin MuseumTE10071Early Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsGreat Ding from ChunhuaA Western Zhou giant from north of the WeiChunhua County MuseumTE10074Early Western Zhou · Bronze Food VesselsXian Hou DingThe Marquis Xian's ding in TaipeiNational Palace MuseumTE10076Warring States period · Bronze Food VesselsZhuke Great DingThe giant ding of the Chu kingsAnhui MuseumTE10077