LATE WESTERN ZHOU DYNASTY, 8TH CENTURY BC

Compare the gui of related form, but lacking a cover, and with only two dragon-head handles, illustrated by B. Karlgren and J. Wirgin, Chinese Bronzes, The Natanael Wessén Collection, Stockholm, 1969, pp. 52-3, no. 7, Pl. 10, where it is dated Middle Zhou. While the dragon-head handles on the Wessén gui feature similar spiraling 'snail' horns, the handles are not as elaborate as those of the present vessel.