Western Zhou Bo Ge Zun

Age: Western Zhou, Grade 1

Specifications: Total height 25.8cm, mouth diameter 20.7cm, belly depth 20.1cm, foot diameter 13.9cm, weight 3250g

Excavation site: Excavated from Tomb No. 7 of the National Cemetery in Zhuyuangou, Baoji City in 1980

Wine vessel. The shape of the Boge Zun is a deep cylindrical vessel with a flared mouth, a slightly bulging belly in the middle, and a high foot ring. The whole body is decorated with four high door edges, and the surface decoration is mainly divided into three sections. The neck is decorated with four groups of banana leaf patterns, each group of banana leaf patterns is composed of two inverted symmetrical Kuilong patterns, and a circle of Kuilong patterns looking back is decorated under the banana leaf patterns; the abdomen is decorated with animal face patterns and Kuilong patterns, the animal face has round eyes and high protruding, and the curled corners are raised out of the body; the foot ring is decorated with Kuilong patterns. The overall decoration is based on cloud and thunder patterns. The bottom of the zun is cast with an inscription of two lines and six characters "Bai (Bo) Ge Zha (Zuo) Baozun Yi".