Medium:

Bronze

Dimensions:

H x W x D: 31.4 x 31.5 x 14.4 cm (12 3/8 x 12 3/8 x 5 11/16 in)

Type:

Metalwork

Vessel

Origin:

Middle Yangzi Valley, China

Date:

ca. 1100-1050 BCE

Previous custodian or owner:

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer ((1875-1959) and (1887-1970))

Provenance:

From at least 1926 to 1961

Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY, from at least 1926 [1]

From 1961

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer in 1961 [2]

Notes:

[1] See H. d'Ardenne de Tizac, L'Art Chinois Classique (Paris: Henri Laurens, 1926), p. 25, pls. 6-7.

[2] See Agnes Meyer's Deed of Gift, dated December 21, 1961, copy in object file.

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Credit Line:

Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer

Accession Number:

F1961.33a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3810cf905-f85e-4adb-b160-1e5b94cbffe9

EDAN-URL:

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