| Song gui | |
|---|---|
| 頌簋 | |
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 Inner inscription | |
| Material | Bronze |
| Long | 43.82 cm |
| Height | 29.53 cm |
| Width | 31.43 cm |
| Writing | Chinese bronze inscriptions |
| Created | c. 825–779 BC |
| Period/culture | Western Zhou dynasty |
| Discovered | prior to the 19th century |
| Place | Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut |
| Classification | Chinese ritual bronze |
| Registration | 1952.51.11a-b |
| https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/49627 | |
The Song gui (Chinese: 頌簋; Pinyin: Sòng guǐ) is a Chinese ritual bronze Gui from the Western Zhou dynasty (1046–771 BC). Acquired in 1952 by the Yale University Art Gallery, it was the gift of art dealer and Yale University alumnus Wilson P. Foss Jr.[1][2]
The gui served as a sacrificial vessel for Chinese ancestral worship, holding cooked grain like millet. On the interior, a 152 character inscription describes a royal court appointment by King Xuan of Zhou to the namesake official of the bronze, Song (頌).[1][3]
Part of the set of a series of bronzes, the Song gui is provides insight into Western Zhou administration beyond the scope and historiography of bamboo slip texts.[3]
- ^ a b "Ritual Serving Vessel, known as the "Song Gui" | Yale University Art Gallery". artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 2024-05-07.
- ^ Yale University; Sensabaugh, David Ake; China Institute Gallery, eds. (2004). The scholar as collector: Chinese art at Yale. New Haven [Conn.]: Yale University Art Gallery. ISBN 978-0-89467-958-2. OCLC 57073943.
- ^ a b Škrabal, Ondřej (2022-05-01). "From royal court to ancestral shrine: transposition of command documents in Early Chinese epigraphy". Manuscript and Text Cultures. 1: 143–204. doi:10.56004/v1s143. ISSN 2752-3470.