A very early prototypical example of the jue ritual vessel form. The name jue is derived from the Eastern Han dynasty (25-220) dictionary Shuowen and is loosely translated as “goblet”. Judging from the stemmed knobs at the lip, it may have been used to heat ritual wine, the knobs being used to remove the hot vessel from over the fire using leather thongs. In some examples, there are traces of ashes on the tripod indicating its use in fire.