Bronze Ting
OwnerOwned by
James Cromar Watt
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1862 - 1940)
Object NameTing
Mediumbronze
ClassificationsApplied Art
DimensionsOverall: Height: 16.8 cm, Diameter: 15.6 cm
AcquisitionJames Cromar Watt Bequest, 1941.
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDMS014541
About MeChinese bronze ritual vessels were used for ritual offerings of food and wine to dead ancestors and were sometimes buried with important members of the elite so they could continue making offerings to their ancestors in the afterlife.Chinese bronzes made in later dynasties copied the shape of the archaic bronze ritual vessels.
The date of this bronze is unknown.
James Cromar Watt
James Cromar Watt
Qing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, 1736-1796
James Cromar Watt
James Cromar Watt
James Cromar Watt
James Cromar Watt
James Cromar Watt
James Cromar Watt
James Cromar Watt
Late Ming Dynasty, Transitional Period, late 17th - early 18th century
James Cromar Watt
Qing Dynasty, possibly 19th century
Qing Dynasty, late 19th century
