Bronze gui

Bronze gui (deep circular vessel used for serving grain) with dragon head handles. From the eleventh to fourth centuries B.C. The vessel is adorned with a vertical string design. The inside bottom of the bowl bears a fourteen character inscription.

GENGHIS KHAN: TREASURES OF INNER MONGOLIA was organized and circulated by the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.

Credits: Photographer: Marc Carter. Source: Collection of the Cultural Relics Bureau of Ningcheng County

Caption source: Adam T. Kessler (1994) Empires Beyond the Great Wall: The Heritage of Genghis Khan. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. pp. 40-41.

Image source: Photo CD 6315 3021 1433, Image # 012