Xing Hou gui

Bronze vessel of the type called gui. This vessel is known as the Xing Hou gui based on its inscription. It has a rounded body constricted at the neck; deeply curving sides are complemented by four handles. An intaglio cicada is located opposite each handle. Each of the four compartments of the vessel's surfaces is filled with a fabulous creature that seems to have been based upon an elephant; it has a long trunk and two roundels above its head, suggesting the bumps on an elephant's forehead. Other features are taken from traditional bronze motifs, including quills used for its limbs and a spiralling ridge on its body derived perhaps from the earlier coiled dragon. Production date: 1050BC-771BC (circa) Museum number: 1936,1118.2 © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence. See: https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1936-1118-2 Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab此为簋（gui）形青铜礼器，依据器物内壁铭文，该器定名为邢侯簋。其圆腹、颈部内敛，腹壁深曲，配有四耳。每耳对侧均饰有阴刻蝉纹。器物表面的四个纹饰区各饰有一款以象为原型的神异瑞兽：该兽长鼻舒展，头顶带有两处圆斑，形似象额的隆起。其余纹饰元素取自传统青铜纹样，兽的四肢饰有羽状纹，躯体上的螺旋状脊棱或借鉴自早期蟠龙纹。 制作年代：约公元前1050年至公元前771年 馆藏编号：1936,1118.2 © 大英博物馆托管委员会。本作品采用知识共享署名-非商业性使用-相同方式共享4.0国际（CC BY-NC-SA 4.0）许可协议进行共享。 详情参阅：https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1936-1118-2 数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab