Dou vessel: detail of lid
- Published/Created:
- China, Hubei Province: Suizhou, Leigudun (Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng): Tomb 1, central chamber, C. 194 (archaeological site)
ca. 433 BCE - Physical Description:
- H: 26.4 cm, Rim Diameter: 20.6 cm, Weight: 5.9 kg
bronze inlaid with turquoise - Notes:
- Discovered in 1977.
- Topics:
- Metalwork -- China -- Zhou dynasty, ca. 1100-256 BCE -- Bronze -- (YVRC)
- Culture:
- Eastern Zhou, 770-256 BCE
Warring States period, ca. 470-221 BCE - Accession Number:
- chinese-0023
- Genre:
- containers: vessels (AAT)
funerary objects (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Furnishings & Decorative Arts
Tools, Equipment & Instruments - Rights:
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Source Note:
- War and Ritual: Treasures from the Warring States, 1993, p.49 (Empress Palace Museum, Exh. Cat.)
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection, Asian Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Original Repository:
- Wuhan, China: Hubei Provincial Museum
- Local Record Number:
- Portfolio Item ID: 248717
- OID:
- 518772
- PID:
- digcoll:2124527