Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron

E376572

Chinese bronze bronze ding vessel ritual vessel

The Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron is an ancient Chinese ritual vessel famed for bearing one of the longest and most important bronze inscriptions from the Zhou dynasty.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mao Gong Ding	2
Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese bronze ⓘ bronze ding vessel ⓘ ritual vessel ⓘ
associatedWith	Confucian textual tradition ⓘ Zhou royal house ⓘ surface form: Zhou royal court
category	Chinese ritual bronzes ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ inscribed bronze vessel ⓘ
civilization	Zhou dynasty ⓘ surface form: Zhou China
commissionedBy	King of Zhou ⓘ
culture	Chinese ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Mao Gong ⓘ
dynasty	Zhou dynasty ⓘ
era	early Chinese Bronze Age ⓘ
function	commemorative object ⓘ ritual food vessel ⓘ
hasInscription	yes ⓘ
heritageStatus	nationally important cultural relic of China ⓘ
inscriptionContentType	moral exhortation ⓘ political instruction ⓘ royal proclamation ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Classical Chinese ⓘ
inscriptionLength	one of the longest bronze inscriptions from the Zhou dynasty ⓘ
inscriptionMedium	cast inscription ⓘ
inscriptionPurpose	to record the king’s instructions to Mao Gong ⓘ
inscriptionScript	bronze script ⓘ
inscriptionTheme	good governance ⓘ loyalty to the king ⓘ moral virtue ⓘ reward for service ⓘ royal favor ⓘ
manufacturingTechnique	piece-mold casting ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ
objectType	cauldron ⓘ
period	Western Zhou period ⓘ
region	North China Plain ⓘ surface form: Central Plains of China
significance	important source for Zhou dynasty political history ⓘ important source for study of Zhou ritual system ⓘ important source for study of early Chinese writing ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	archaeology ⓘ art history ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ history ⓘ philology ⓘ
usedIn	ancestral rites ⓘ state rituals ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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National Palace Museum → notableArtifact → Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron ⓘ

Jadeite Cabbage → famousTogetherWith → Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mao Gong Ding

Meat-shaped Stone → sharesCategoryWith → Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mao Gong Ding