Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

H x Diam: 37.3 × 32.5 cm (14 11/16 × 12 13/16 in)

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

middle Yangzi River region, China

Date:

ca. 1100-1050 BCE

Description:

Ceremonial vessel with a cover, of the type "p'ou." Rim broken; holes in foot rim and side wall.

Surface: smooth jade-green patina merging into blue, with areas of green and brown incrustation.

Decoration: in relief. Crocketed flanges (some broken). Inscription inside.

Provenance:

To 1913

Edgar Worch (1880-1972), New York to 1913 [1]

From 1913 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edgar Worch in 1913 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 517, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Collection:

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History:

Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)

Ancient Chinese Bronzes (May 9, 1993 to February 10, 1997)

Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)

Chinese Jades and Bronze, East Corridor (November 19, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

Previous custodian or owner:

Edgar Worch (1880-1972) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1913.30a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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