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Ritual grain server (<em>gui</em>) with spikes, ribs, and, dragons
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Ritual grain server (<em>gui</em>) with spikes, ribs, and, dragons

ca. 1050-1000 BCE · Bronze

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Ceremonial vessel, type kuei. Surface: silvery gray patina with patches of green aerugo; rough green patination inside; azurite under the foot. Decoration: in relief and incised.

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
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Credit lineRitual grain server (<em>gui</em>) with spikes, ribs, and, dragons. ca. 1050-1000 BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment. CC0.
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