Staff Room

bo	Bell with a flat (as opposed to arched) lip suspended from a loop.
ding	Ritual vessel for cooked food with a round body and three legs.
dou	Ritual vessel for offering food, shaped as a shallow cup on a high foot.
dui	Ritual vessel for offering food, consisting of two matching halves of equal size that make a rounded box when together and two bowls on legs when separated.
fang ding	Rectangular form of ding used for cooked food.
fang yi	Rectangular ritual vessel for wine, shaped like a box.
fou	Lidded jar-shaped ritual vessel used for holding wine.
fu	Rectangular ritual vessel for holding food.
gong	Ritual vessel for wine, shaped like a jug and covered by a lid decorated with animal heads.
gu	Ritual vessel for wine with a curved profile contricted at the waist.
guan	Jar more common in ceramic than in bronze.
gui	Ritual vessel for offering food. Throughout the Zhou dynasty most gui had two handles although a few were cast with four.
he	Ritual vessel for holding water.
hu	Ritual vessel for holding wine.
jia	Ritual vessel for wine drinking, with a cup-shaped body supported on three blade-like legs.
jue	Ritual vessel used for wine drinking shaped like a cup supported by three blade-like legs. The mouth has a spout at one end and a point at the other.
pan	Shallow basin used as a ritual vessel for holding water.
taotie	Decorative motif used on many bronze vessels - resembles a face.
you	Ritual wine vessel with an S-shaped profile, a lid and a long U-shaped handle.