An inscribed archaic bronze ritual food vessel cover, Late Western Zhou dynasty | 西周末 史□父簋蓋

An inscribed archaic bronze ritual food vessel cover

Late Western Zhou dynasty

西周末 史□父簋蓋

the interior case with a twelve-character inscription reading Shi X Fu zuo zungui qi wannian yongbaoyong (Shi X Fu made this precious gui, to be treasured and for the eternal use of ten thousand years)

銘文：

史□父作尊簋 其萬年永寶用

Diameter 8⅞ in., 22.6 cm