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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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.i.\('ii:.\T ('in.\i:si'. hho.x/f.s (i;; •*5!?fe; arc t> ;>i's of llic lii'dir/.c \csscls used in tlic I'ltcs of aiicrstoi- udrsliip, llic I'oi-iii and detail of uliicli wi'i'c ;)i'c>ci'ilicd \)\ the ritual of llic ancicnl national ivliii'ion. riu' dcinautls of this i-i'lij;i()u.s cult created an ('jjocli (»f aftistic \-ascs and other well-proportioned forms defined accordiiiji' to the nature of the oll'erinus whether of wine, water, meat, i^rain or fruit. \(ssels for carr\ in>;' wine were of \ase forms. 'I'he (;uadranuuhir smooth wine jar in the illustration hears this interesting' inscription, "Made in the Slianu' faiiu' (eoiui aleher of the Ilani in the year A. I). 12." This type oct'urs as early as the (lion dynasty. The ton, a sacrificial \cssel for ofVerinys of meat, was shaped like a i^ohlet, a vessel of common utility which seems to ha\e existed in the Hia dynasty (220.") to I 7<')f) 15. ('.). Our example is a hron/e ton of the late Miiiij,- time, illustratinu' the howl with the sti'in, the hase of which is hell-shaped ; the c()\er of this hronze has heen lost. It is a yood imi- tation of the ancient Chou type (1122 to 2.V) H. C). The fu, a rectangular \-e s s e 1 evolved from a bas- ket, was used for liold- ing grain or fruits in state worship. Tlie laru'e hronze temi)le hell dates from the ("hou period. It has peg-like ornaments, the utility or synd)()lism of which is not entirely un- derstood. Similar jx'g- like forms ap;)ear on tlu' hacks of the hronze mirrors.' There are many examples of me- tallic mirrors in the col- lection, none of which are earlier than the Han , , . .\ \isscl 1)1' Ihf aiiciriu Clioii I.\ ;)c lor olliiin^i (-(MtUcd meat dynasty,though literary t,, ,i„. spiiiis or anccsiors rriic covr is io.st) references indicate the 'Chinese ^Ietai. ^^lnnol^s, wiili Notes on Some .Vnciiiit SinTimi'iis of llic Mu.seo Ciuirnot. Rv Kricdtich Mirth.
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