Li vessel（利簋）

Height: 28 cm

Mouth: 22 cm

Weight: 7.95kg

Time: Early Western Zhou (c. 11th-10th century BC)

Excavated in 1976 in Lintong County of Shaanxi Province, it is the earliest Western Zhou bronze uncovered to date. During the Shang Dynasty (16th-11th century BC), a gui was used for cooked rice and other foods, or sometimes even used together with a cauldron or ding to act as a ritual vessel. Four lines with 32 characters were engraved inside of its base, telling the history of King Wu's conquest over Yin.