Qiequ pattern Gui

Bronze ware from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period
Height 24.8 cm, diameter 20.8 cm.

Excavated in Beizhao Village, Quwo County in 1994. From Tomb No. 93 of the Jinhou Cemetery. A total of 6 pieces, with the same shape, size and pattern. The whole body is decorated with qianqu patterns and tile patterns. The owner of the tomb is the ninth generation of Jinhou, that is, Wenhou Chou recorded in "Historical Records: Jin Family". In 770 BC, he worked together with Zheng Wengong and Qin Xianggong to escort King Ping of Zhou to move east to Luoyi, and founded the Eastern Zhou regime, and was a great ruler in the history of Jin.