Kuei bowl
Chinese. Chou, 9th-10th century BC.
Category
Art / Sculpture
Date
999 BC - 800 BC
Materials
Bronze
Measurements
145 x 280 x 185 mm
Place of origin
China
Order this imageCollection
Fenton House, London
NT 1448949
Summary
Bronze Kuei bowl for sacrificial wine or cereals. With monster handles and Animal Triple Band design under rim and on foot. With malachite patina. Chinese, Chou period, 10th - 9th century BC.
Provenance
Listed in the 1949 inventory of Fenton House, p.10. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Lady Katherine Binning (1871-1952) with Fenton House in 1952.
Credit line
National Trust Collections (Fenton House, The Salting Collection)
Makers and roles
Chinese. Chou, 9th-10th century BC. , maker
References
Clifford Smith 1949: H. Clifford Smith, Catalogue of the Principal Contents of Fenton House, Hampstead, The Property of The Lady Binning, 1949, p. 10