Gui (vessel)

The "Kang hou gui", early Western Zhou (11th century BC). British Museum, London

A gui (Chinese: 簋; pinyin: guǐ) is a type of bowl-shaped ancient Chinese ritual bronze vessel used to hold offerings of grain for ancestral tombs.

References

• Rawson, Jessica, et al. "China, §VI: Bronzes." In Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online, (accessed February 7, 2012; subscription required).
• Sing, Yu (1999). Ringing Thunder- Tomb Treasures from Ancient China. San Diego: San Diego Museum of Art. ISBN 0937108243. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)

External links

• Media related to Gui (vessel) at Wikimedia Commons
• "Chinese Zhou ritual vessel (gui)" at the British Museum, #23 of A History of the World in 100 Objects
• "Chinese Zhou ritual vessel" more from the BBC on the same Gui from the British Museum
• The development of the Gui, illustrated by examples in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art:
  • 12th century B.C., Shang dynasty
  • 12th–11th century B.C., Shang dynasty
  • late 11th–early 10th century B.C., Western Zhou
  • early 9th century B.C., Western Zhou