Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron

E376572

Chinese bronze bronze ding vessel ritual vessel

The Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron is an ancient Chinese ritual vessel famed for bearing one of the longest and most important bronze inscriptions from the Zhou dynasty.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Mao Gong Ding	2
Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3650762 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron
Context triple: [National Palace Museum, notableArtifact, Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron]

A. Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng
The Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng is a lavish Warring States–period burial site in present-day Hubei, China, famed for its exceptionally well-preserved bronze bells and other ritual artifacts that illuminate ancient Chinese music and court culture.
B. Han dynasty jade burial suit
The Han dynasty jade burial suit is an ancient Chinese funerary garment made of thousands of jade plaques sewn together, used to encase the bodies of elite nobles in the belief that jade could preserve the corpse and confer immortality.
C. Yinxu
Yinxu is the archaeological site of the late Shang dynasty capital near Anyang, China, renowned for its oracle bone inscriptions and royal tombs.
D. Banliang coin
The Banliang coin was an early standardized round bronze coin with a square hole that became the model for later Chinese cash coins.
E. The Ancient Chinese Bronze Art
The Ancient Chinese Bronze Art is a major exhibition showcasing the history, craftsmanship, and cultural significance of Chinese bronze artifacts from early dynasties through later imperial periods.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron
Target entity description: The Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron is an ancient Chinese ritual vessel famed for bearing one of the longest and most important bronze inscriptions from the Zhou dynasty.

A. Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng
The Tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng is a lavish Warring States–period burial site in present-day Hubei, China, famed for its exceptionally well-preserved bronze bells and other ritual artifacts that illuminate ancient Chinese music and court culture.
B. Han dynasty jade burial suit
The Han dynasty jade burial suit is an ancient Chinese funerary garment made of thousands of jade plaques sewn together, used to encase the bodies of elite nobles in the belief that jade could preserve the corpse and confer immortality.
C. Yinxu
Yinxu is the archaeological site of the late Shang dynasty capital near Anyang, China, renowned for its oracle bone inscriptions and royal tombs.
D. Banliang coin
The Banliang coin was an early standardized round bronze coin with a square hole that became the model for later Chinese cash coins.
E. The Ancient Chinese Bronze Art
The Ancient Chinese Bronze Art is a major exhibition showcasing the history, craftsmanship, and cultural significance of Chinese bronze artifacts from early dynasties through later imperial periods.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese bronze ⓘ bronze ding vessel ⓘ ritual vessel ⓘ
associatedWith	Confucian textual tradition ⓘ Zhou royal house ⓘ surface form: Zhou royal court
category	Chinese ritual bronzes ⓘ archaeological artifact ⓘ inscribed bronze vessel ⓘ
civilization	Zhou dynasty ⓘ surface form: Zhou China
commissionedBy	King of Zhou ⓘ
culture	Chinese ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Mao Gong ⓘ
dynasty	Zhou dynasty ⓘ
era	early Chinese Bronze Age ⓘ
function	commemorative object ⓘ ritual food vessel ⓘ
hasInscription	yes ⓘ
heritageStatus	nationally important cultural relic of China ⓘ
inscriptionContentType	moral exhortation ⓘ political instruction ⓘ royal proclamation ⓘ
inscriptionLanguage	Classical Chinese ⓘ
inscriptionLength	one of the longest bronze inscriptions from the Zhou dynasty ⓘ
inscriptionMedium	cast inscription ⓘ
inscriptionPurpose	to record the king’s instructions to Mao Gong ⓘ
inscriptionScript	bronze script ⓘ
inscriptionTheme	good governance ⓘ loyalty to the king ⓘ moral virtue ⓘ reward for service ⓘ royal favor ⓘ
manufacturingTechnique	piece-mold casting ⓘ
material	bronze ⓘ
objectType	cauldron ⓘ
period	Western Zhou period ⓘ
region	North China Plain ⓘ surface form: Central Plains of China
significance	important source for Zhou dynasty political history ⓘ important source for study of Zhou ritual system ⓘ important source for study of early Chinese writing ⓘ
studiedInDiscipline	archaeology ⓘ art history ⓘ epigraphy ⓘ history ⓘ philology ⓘ
usedIn	ancestral rites ⓘ state rituals ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Palace Museum → notableArtifact → Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron ⓘ

Jadeite Cabbage → famousTogetherWith → Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mao Gong Ding

Meat-shaped Stone → sharesCategoryWith → Mao Gong Ding bronze cauldron ⓘ