An archaistic bronze ceremonial vessel, jue


Dated Qianlong third year, corresponding to 1738The U-shaped body supported on three curved blade feet and broadening to a long, cupped mouth, cast with a triple band of leiwen around the exterior and with a beast-mask handle to one side and two posts at the rim, a ten-character dated inscription cast in relief under the mouth rim.16.5cm wide, weight 623g.
|The ten character inscription can be translated as 'Made on an auspicious morning in the second month of winter in the third year of the Qianlong reign'.See an identical libation cup, dated 1737 and of the period, in the British Museum collection no. 1957,0226.1