Western Zhou Zijing Fangding

Age: Western Zhou, Grade 1

Specifications: Total height 21.9cm, height of upright ears 3.5cm, mouth width 14.1cm, mouth width 17.2cm, belly depth 8.6cm, weight 2900g

Excavation site: Excavated from Tomb No. 13 of the National Cemetery in Zhuyuangou, Baoji City in 1980

Food vessel. The vessel is square in shape, with a flat folded edge, two square ring ears standing on the folded edge, deep belly, straight belly wall, and four column feet. There is a circle of cloud pattern on the upright ears, a circle of Kuilong pattern under the mouth edge, four lines on the front and two on the sides, symmetrical to each other, and animal face pattern on the belly. The four corners and the middle of the belly of the square tripod are decorated with door edges, and the tripod feet are decorated with a circle of deformed cicada pattern. The two characters "Zijing" are cast in the belly, and the bottom of the belly is covered with soot.