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guang (觥)vessel.

Inscriptions
From late Shang to early Zhou dynasty, the number of characters per inscription increased on these bronze vessels. These inscriptions recorded very important events (such as sacrifices), gifts by a king to his officials, praise accorded to ancestors, records for exchange/sale land, and political marriages to make stronger relationships.

Important Guang examples
Zhe Guang (折觥) |[picture]

Late 10th - early 11th BCE

Height 28.7cm, Length 36.5cm, Weight 7.55kg

Excavated 1976 from Storage Pit NO.1, Zhuangbo, Fufeng Xian, Shanxi province

The inscription identifies this as a gift from the King to his officials. The inscription has 40 words which also recorded when the gift was given and to whom it was given.|[inscription]

Ri Ji Guang (日已觥) |[Picture]

Mid 9th - Mid 10th BCE

Hight 32cm, Length 33.5cm

The inscription has 10 words which identify it as a sacrificial utensil from Ri Ji's son. |[inscription]

Historical and cultural references
After the |"Ritual Revolution", some of the wine vessels were no longer in use in Wester Zhou dynasty. The Guang vessel were only popular in Late Shang to Early Western Zhou dynasty.