A Dissertation On the Ancient Chinese Vases of the Shang Dynasty From 1743 to 1
A Dissertation On the Ancient Chinese Vases of the Shang Dynasty From 1743 to 1
P P Peter Perring Thoms
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Mar- riage sacrifices, and those offered on other domestic occasions, were pre- sented on a Jow-jih, or " soft day ; " those on military, or similar occasions, were invariably offered on a Kang-jih, or "hard day. " Probably to this custom may be traced the present felicitous and infelicitous days, days which are considered proper or improper for marriages, sacrifices, &c. This Vase having the character tp Kea, it would be used on a Kang-jih, " hard day, " consequently on a military occasion. It...s workmanship being exquisite, it is supposed to have been made during the tranquil period of the Shang Dynasty. 28 ANCIENT CHINESE VASES OF [B. C. 1627. XVI. This Vase was five inches and seven-tenths in height ; its ears, one inch and seven-tenths ; its containing depth three inches and four-tenths ; and it measured round the centre, five inches and four-tenths. It weighed three pounds and nine ounces, and had an inscription of one character, supposed to mean a beast of prey. This Vase is considered very ancient and very chaste, and is enriched with the Haou-teen device.
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