H x W x D: 21.9 x 14.5 x 16 cm (8 5/8 x 5 11/16 x 6 5/16 in)
Type:
Vessel
Origin:
China
Date:
ca. 15th-14th century BCE
Period:
Shang dynasty
Provenance:
To 1963
J. T. Tai & Company, New York, NY [1]
1963 to 1997
Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY purchased from J. T. Tai & Company on May 15, 1963 in New York, NY [2]
1997
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [3]
Notes:
[1] See J. T. Tai & Company, INC. sales receipt to Dr. A. Sackler, May 15, 1963, copy in object file. Object “YT 3500: Bronze Chue, Shang Dynasty.”
[2] See sales receipt cited in note 1.
[3] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987
Collection:
Arthur M. Sackler Collection
Exhibition History:
The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)
In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)
