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Ritual wine vessel (you)

11th century B.C.
Medium/TechniqueCast bronze with soldered-on protuberances
DimensionsH. 35.5 x W. 22.8 cm (14 x 9 in.)
Credit LineAnna Mitchell Richards Fund
Accession number34.66
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsMetalwork
Collections
Provenance1934, Francis Lee Higginson (b. 1877 – d. 1969), Boston; 1934, sold by Higginson, through Yamanaka and Co., Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: February 1, 1934)


Group shot: 2012.931.1-2
Unknown maker
about 1700-1710
Charles II
Pieter van Abeele
1660
The Peace of Münster
Jan Lutma, the Elder
1648
2nd century
Mirror with design of dragon and tiger
late 2nd–early 3rd century A.D.
Vase (hu)
2nd–1st century B.C.
Cross-bow mechanism
2nd century B.C.
Bowl
about A.D. 700
Ritual food vessel (ding)
Late 11th century B.C.
Ritual wine cup (jue)
14th century B.C.
Knife for erasing ink
2nd century B.C.