yu

Definition

An ancient Chinese wine-bucket, often having a decorative cover.

Etymology

Borrowed from Chinese 玉 (yù).

Example Sentences

• "A group of slenderer yu also survive from the Shang into the early Chou period, though they are rarer than the other design […] A yu with square body in the Hakuzuru Museum is the finest of these."
• "The Yu, although of the hardness of rock crystal, is worked into an endless variety of forms […]"
• "Another stone with which it would be interesting to compare it is the celebrated yu stone of the Chinese, which Dr. Abel, in his work on China, conjectured to be a species of nephrite […]"