Square pot with lotus lid and Kuilong pattern

Bronze ware from the Spring and Autumn Period
Total height 66.7 cm, mouth diameter 23.4 cm, maximum belly diameter 35.6 cm, foot diameter 25.8 cm

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

A set of four pieces, with the same shape, size and pattern, this is one of them. Rectangular canopy, hollow with a groove around it, surrounded by eight hollowed-out lotus petals, in a wave-like pattern, with two Kuilong inside each lotus petal. The mouth can be inserted into the mouth of the pot. The pot body has a thick lip and is inward, which supports the canopy. It is a slender square tube with a narrow neck. There is a pair of sturdy animal-shaped ears on both sides of the neck. The animal looks back and curls its tail, squatting, with delicate eyebrows, curled nose and fangs. The shoulders are curved and ridged, with a bulging belly, and the maximum diameter of the belly is close to the bottom of the pot, with a round bottom. Trumpet-shaped square base, foot.