Rubbing from the "Mao 
Kung" Ting Vessel
King Hsuan
Late Western Chou Dynasty
(ca. 9th-8th century .)
     The inscription on 
the "Mao Kung" ting vessel 
consists of 497 characters 
in 32 columns.  The style 
of the characters, in seal 
script calligraphy, matches 
that generally found on 
bronze bells and ting 
vessels.  Broadly speaking,  
all inscriptions on Shang 
and Chou bronzes are 
written in seal script 
calligraphy.