Western Han  （202 B.C.-A.D. 8）
Height：16.6 cm  Mouth Dia：12 cm
Unearthed at Shangcunlin village, Sanmenxia city, Henan province, 1975

The vessel features a flaring mouth, a long neck, and a bulging bully. The single ring handle is connected with the body between the shoulder and the belly. Bronze mou vessel appeared in the early Spring and Warring States period, and prevailed in the ensuing period from the middle Spring and Warring States to the late Eastern Han dynasty, and it was a unique article among the bronze wares from the Sichuan basin. It was likely imported into the Guanzhong area and assimilated by the Qin culture, and gradually spread to various regions in the process of the conquering the other six vassal states by the Qin state. Archaeologically, the assemblage of the bronzes in the Qin tombs began to change from the middle Spring and Warring States period, mou, replaced zeng, the steaming vessel, coupled with ding cauldron, forming a steady cooking vessel unit.