LATE SHANG-EARLY WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 11TH CENTURY BC

The inscription cast on the interior of the current zhi can be found on a bronze gui illustrated by Yan Yiping, Jinwen zongji, Taipei, 1983, p. 1130, no. 2157. Also illustrated, p. 3564, no. 6559, is a zhi of similar size to the present vessel cast with a similar band of leiwen and thin bow-string bands on the tall foot.