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Ritual vessel (<em>yi</em>) with cover by Marcel Bing, Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer — VisualArtsDB

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Ritual vessel (<em>yi</em>) with cover

Ritual vessel (<em>yi</em>) with cover

Ritual vessel (<em>yi</em>) with cover

Marcel Bing Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

Medium: Bronze with semi-precious stone inlay
Genre: Vessel
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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inlay (process)Chinese ArtanimalssculptureArtbronzeMetal-workEastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

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Possibly Ding collection, Weixian, Shandong province, China [1]

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