Western Zhou Dynasty Jingji Kui Pattern Ding

Age: Western Zhou, Grade 1

Specifications: Total height 15.5cm, mouth diameter 13.5cm, belly depth 9cm, belly diameter 15.5cm, weight 1790g

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

Food vessel. Round tripod with attached ears, mother-and-child mouth, deep round belly, drooping belly bottom, three-column feet. The belly is decorated with a circle of Kuilong patterns with its head turned back and its tail split, and the bottom of the belly is cast with an inscription of five lines and twenty-four characters. This item has the same shape, decoration and inscription as BRM2:2 Jingji Dragon Pattern Tripod, and should be two items in a set of tripods cast by Yu Bo for his wife Jingji.