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◇ Collection Name:Bronze steamer and cauldron
◇ Historical date:Western Han dynasty
◇ Collection Size:Height：44.5cm Maximum diameter：38cm
◇ Collection Source:Excavated at Yangguishan in 2005
This set of bronze vessels comes form one of the many pits surrounding an as yet unopned tomb, probabaly that of the consort of thr king who was buried at Shizishan close to where Yanguishan is located. The set consists of a steamer zang whose foot ring perfectly fits the cauldron fu below. The culdron would have been filled with water and placed on a tripod over fire. The steam that bulit up would eascape through the perforations in the steamer, allowing the food to cook. Alternatively, the cauldron and steamer could be placed on a stove resting on the 4 projections that are cast on where the circumference is widest. 2 loop handels on each allow both steamer and cauldron to be lifted. Modle of stoves holding steamers and cauldrons illustrating such use have been found in Han period tombs, such sa in a Western Han period burial excavated in Louyang, Henan.
This combinationg of vessels became poplur from the mid- to late Western Han period (first century BC). Previously, a legged cauldron that sat directly on the fire without a tripod or stove had been used. Bronze steamer sets are seen less frequenlty in the Eastern Han period and later and it is probable that vessel made of iron replaced them. The majority of sets of steamer and cauldron made from pottery . Steaming was an esssential part of Han period cuisine and zeng and fu, as a set, wrer used to prepare grains.+86(0516)-83804412
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