A dissertation on the ancient Chinese vases of the Shang dynasty from 1743 to 1496, B. C. (1851)
Thoms, P. P. (Peter Perring) · London : The author : Sold by J. Gilbert · leaf 32
PP LAAAADAP AL API LDAAAPALP PPP PAPDAP PAP DA PARP DARA AD. rao DDI r4 B.C. 1627.] THE SHANG DYNASTY. 25 considered very venomous, and is what the good man carefully avoids: | hence the propriety of engraving it on a Vase. By some it is thought to be a person’s name; for during the thirteenth year… … ears were one inch in height, and in breadth one inch and two-tenths. Its internal depth, three inches and six-tenths. Its circumference at the mouth, five inches and three-tenths ; round the centre, five inches and six- tenths. It had three legs, and weighed four Chinese pounds and a half.…
Bronzes, Chinese · Bronzes, Chinese -- To 221 B.C
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