Object Details
- Description
- Ceremonial vessel with cover, type fangyi. White bronze patinated with azurite (chiefly inside), malachite and cuprite. Two inscriptions in ancient seal script.
- Previous custodian or owner
- Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)
- Provenance
- To 1930
- Tonying and Company, New York, to 1930 [1]
- From 1930
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Tonying and 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.
- Date
- ca. 1100 BCE
- Origin
- Luoyang, probably Henan province, China
- Topic
- bird
- dragon
- Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE)
- mask
- China
- Chinese Art
- taotie
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- On View
- Sackler Gallery 23a: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1930.54a-b
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 35.3 x 24.8 x 23.3 cm (13 7/8 x 9 3/4 x 9 3/16 in)
- Record ID
- fsg_F1930.54a-b
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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