Ritual wine container (you) with dragons, birds, and bovine heads
Object Details
- Description
- Ceremonial vessel with a cover; type yu. Surface: a green patina, with areas of brownish red. Decoration: in relief.
- Provenance
- To 1930
- C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]
- From 1930
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. See also Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
- [2] See note 1.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)
- Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016)
- Chinese Metalwork (May 9, 1993 to March 21, 1997)
- Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)
- Chinese Art (June 15, 1982 to September 24, 1982)
- Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)
- Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Special Exhibition—Chinese Bronzes (November 1, 1961 to March 23, 1962)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1944 (December 13, 1944 to May 7, 1946)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to December 13, 1944)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
- Untitled Exhibition, Shahnama and Chinese Art (March 24, 1930 to May 5, 1933)
- Previous custodian or owner
- C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- ca. 1050 BCE
- Period
- Late Shang dynasty, late Anyang period, or early Western Zhou period
- Accession Number
- F1930.26a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 50.8 × 32.1 × 35.9 cm (20 × 12 5/8 × 14 1/8 in)
- Origin
- Anyang, probably Henan province, China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- casting
- metal
- bronze
- bird
- buffalo
- Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)
- wine
- cicada
- China
- Chinese Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1930.26a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f289d81e-ab91-4d07-9857-1e1ef243577c
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