AN ARCHAIC BRONZE JAR WITH AN INSCRIPTION (FOU) LATE HAN DYNASTY

the squat bulbous body, with a short contracted neck and a tapering mouth, the vessel plain with an inscription incised vertically on its side, reading Luoyang wuku di shi tong weng rong san dou wu sheng zhong shi qi jin  (The tenth bronze container of the Armory of Luoyang, with capacity of three dou and five sheng, it weighs seventeen jin)

For a Western Han example, see Excavation Report of the Han tomb at Mancheng, Beijing, 1980, pl. 22, no. 1.

The vessel is in overall good condition.
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