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Text File  |  1994-11-28  |  434b  |  17 lines
  1. "Nai-sun-tso-tsu-chi"  Ting
  2. Vessel
  3. Late Shang to Early Western
  4. Chou Period
  5. (ca. 12th century B.C.)
  6. Overall height   26.4cm
  7. Width of mouth   58.3cm
  8. Weight          79,650g
  9.         This  is  one  of  the 
  10. museum's    four   outsized 
  11. ting vessels. It is massive,
  12. sturdy,  thick and  heavy. 
  13. Beneath  the  lip and above
  14. the  feet  it  is  decorated 
  15. with  animal  mask motifs, 
  16. further   adding   to   its 
  17. majestic  air.