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Gui (vessel)

Type of Chinese vase-like container

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The Kang Hou gui, an 11th-century BC example in the British Museum was chosen as object 23 in the A History of the World in 100 Objects.

The British Museum bowl inscription on the inside of the bowl tells that King Wu's brother, Kang Hou, who was the Duke of Kang and Mei Situ were given territory in Wei. The inscription relates a rebellion by remnants of the Shang, and its defeat by the Zhou, which helps us to date it. Because historians know exactly when this unsuccessful rebellion against the Zhou dynasty took place then the bowl can be dated very accurately.

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