Lidded Cauldron (Ding)
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BCE)
Bronze
Gift of Charles and Eileen…

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Cauldron (Ding)

ClassificationsFurnishings-Cookware-cauldrons

Date770-256 BCE

Made AtChina, Asia

MediumBronze

Dimensions13 × 15 × 15 1/2 in. (33 × 38.1 × 39.4 cm)

Credit LineGift of Charles and Eileen Mohler

Object number2010.24.1a,b

DescriptionThis object is a lidded cauldron (called Ding) made during the Western Zhou dynasty. These cauldrons were historically used in rituals and to cook and serve meat on special occasions. In the Zhou dynasty, high ranking officials used ding to record special occasions by casting Chinese characters directly onto the bronze vessels.

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