Medium:

Cast bronze

Type:

Vessel

Origin:

China

Date:

ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE

Period:

Shang dynasty

Description:

Item is in several pieces lettered: B, C, E, F, G, plus 4 small unlettered fragments

Provenance:

To 1958-59

Simon Kriger, Washington, DC [1]

From 1958-59

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Simon Kriger, Washington, DC [2]

Notes:

[1] According to notes in the object record, this was a gift of S. Kriger between 1958 and 1959. See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

[2] See note 1.

Collection:

Freer Study Collection

Previous custodian or owner:

Simon Kriger (1900-1985)

Topic:

Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)  Search this

China  Search this

Chinese Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of S. Kriger

Accession Number:

FSC-B-1

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

See more items in:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3f2ed8554-01d3-4b02-89fb-caa1de6570ea

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_FSC-B-1