Jingji Dragon Pattern Cauldron from the Western Zhou Dynasty

Age: Western Zhou, Grade 1

Specifications: Total height 20.5cm, mouth diameter 16.4cm, belly depth 13.4cm, belly diameter 20.3cm, weight 3594g

Excavation site: Excavated from Tomb No. 2 of Rujiazhuang National Cemetery in Baoji City in 1974

Food vessel. Round tripod with lid. There are three step-shaped handles on the lid, and the lid and the vessel are connected. There are two square ears, deep and round belly, and the belly bottom is drooping, with three column feet. The lid and the belly are decorated with a circle of Kuilong patterns with a head turned back and a split tail, and the cloud and thunder patterns are set against the ground. This kind of Kuilong pattern is quite peculiar and has a great difference in shape from the general Kuilong pattern. There is an inscription of five lines and twenty-four characters on the bottom of the belly, "Jing Ji Gui, also the ancestor of the clan of Kao Gong, □ filial worship and filial sacrifice, Yu Bo made a tripod gui for Jing Ji." According to the inscription, it was cast by Yu Bo for his wife Jing Ji.