Tripod with Kuilong beast pattern

Bronze ware from the Spring and Autumn Period
Height 11 cm, diameter 14.4 cm

Excavated from Zhao Qing's tomb in Jinsheng Village, Taiyuan City in 1988

Cooking utensils. Folded rim, thick lip, narrow mouth, narrow neck, slightly bulging belly, flat bottom, tile-shaped animal hoof feet. The shoulders are decorated with three dragon-shaped door ridges, and the door ridges are filled with dots. There is a positive and negative combination of Kuilong patterns around the upper abdomen, with the dragon head in the middle and the body around. The inside is filled with cloud patterns and triangular volute patterns.