Ritual wine cup (jue)
Not all Ming ritual bronzes were based on antique models. The smooth shape of this tripod cup dating to 1520 closely follows contemporary reinterpretations in ceramics of this ancient vessel type. Furthermore, the inscription is rendered in standard script rather than in an archaic bronze or seal script.
Inscription
知縣張淮、教諭丘渲、 訓導潘昂、丁獻，大明正德庚辰年造
Zhang Huai, the [Shanggao] county magistrate, Qiu Xuan, the county academy instructor, Pan Ang and Ding Xian, the assistant instructors of the county academy, manufactured [this vessel] in the gengchen year of Zhengde reign of the Great Ming [1520].
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