Covered Ritual Food Cooking Vessel (Gui) with Four Columnar Legs and Four Handles
late 11th-early 10th century BCE
Dimensions
H. with cover 26.2 cm x W. max. 26.5 cm x Diam. mouth 18.8 cm (10 5/16 x 10 7/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
Provenance
Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
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