Jue (vessel)

A jue is a shape of Chinese ritual bronze, a tripod vessel or goblet used to serve warm wine. It was used for ceremonial purposes by the Chinese of the Xia, Shang, and Zhou dynasties. Often the jue had a handle, sometimes in the shape of a dragon. It also has two protuberances on the top of the vessel, which were probably used when lifting the vessel out of heat.^[1] As with other shapes, the surface may be decorated with taotie.

Various jue

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  Excavated at Yanshi, Henan Province, 1984
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  From the collection of the Shanghai Museum
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  Reproduction
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  Ming dynasty gold jue excavated at Chung-hsiang, from the tomb of Prince Chuang of Liang (梁莊王, 1411-1441)

References

• Sing, Yu; Caron Smith (1999). Ringing Thunder- Tomb Treasures from Ancient China. San Diego: San Diego Museum of Art. ISBN 0-937108-24-3.

External links

• The great bronze age of China: an exhibition from the People's Republic of China, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on jues

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