The National Palace Museum Open Data Platform

Gong drinking vessel dedicated to Father Xin, mid-Western Zhou period, 956-858 BCE

• Image Number: K1A001827N000000000PAB
• Dynasty: Western Zhou dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 禮器,酒器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  寬流，深腹圜底，牛角獸首鋬，圈足外撇，近底處起淺臺。頸飾回首夔紋，圈足飾長尾鳳鳥紋。銘文在器內底。依金文辭例，「寶尊彝」前應有「作」字，此器銘較為罕見。帶有該族氏銘文的銅器數量頗多，出土地點廣，時代跨越殷墟二期至西周中期。