Cooking Vessel ("Ding") with Dragons ("Panchi")
This type of vessel was used to simmer meat, such as beef, pork, and lamb, during rites and rituals. This particularly large example featuring simplified [panchi] dragons was likely entombed with a person of high social standing equivalent to a king.
- Cultural property designation
- Quantity
- Artist
- Period/Century
- Warring States period, 3rd century BC
- Country/Origin
- Excavation site
- Reportedly found in Huainan City, Anhui Province, China
- Material
- Bronze
- Size
- Inscriptions
- Donor
- Gift of Ms. Sakamoto Kiku
- Collection reference no.
- TJ-4794
- Genre
- Asian Archaeology
- Category
- Archaeology > Media > Metal
On display: Asian Archaeology
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Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 10
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On displayDouble-Mouthed Container with Wheels
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On displayHorse-Shaped Container
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On displayHuman-shaped Object
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 12
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On displayStone Bas-relief, Queen Mother of the West / Chariot / Hunting
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 7
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On displayFoundation Peg with a God Figure
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
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On displayTiles with Multicolor Glazes
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
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On displayMummy of Pasherienptah
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 3
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On displayJade Implement in Shape of Animal
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 4
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On displayWine Vessel ("Bu") with Animal Masks ("Taotie")
Asian Gallery (Toyokan) Room 5
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