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Ding cauldron with inscription of Zhenghe period, Northern Song dynasty (1116)

• Image Number: C1A000437N000000000PAC
• Dynasty: Northern Song dynasty
• Category: Bronzes
• Function: 禮器
• Material: 礦物/金屬/青銅
• Description:
  此鼎為宋徽宗政和六年(1116)所鑄，立耳，圓腹，三柱足，腹身以稜脊作間隔，飾三組獸面紋。全器仿造商末周初之銅鼎樣式，如本院所藏〈商代晚期串父癸鼎〉（中銅449）即與此器形制及紋飾十分相近。器內底鑄有銘文三十三字：「唯政龢六年，十又一月甲午，帝命作鉶鼎，易(賜)領樞密院事貫，以祀其先，子孫其永保之。」