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the deep, slightly rounded sides rising to an everted lipped rim, the surface unadorned aside from a raised inscription to the underside of the rim reading guihai nian zhi, the patina in varying tones of gray and green, wood stand (2) Diameter 16? in., 42.2 cm
The inscription indicates that the basin was cast in the guihai (60th) year of the sexagenary cycle, a Chinese calendric system dating to at least the Shang dynasty (ca. 1600-1046 BC) when it was recorded on oracle bones. The shape of the basin suggests that it dates to the Song-Jin period, for which the corresponding gui hai years are 963, 1023, 1083, 1143, 1203, and 1263 AD.