Object Details
- Description
- Ewer with design that incorporates many stylized birds and animals. No inscription.
- 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.
- Date
- ca. 1100-1050 BCE
- Period
- Probably late Shang dynasty
- Origin
- China
- Topic
- animal
- Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
- Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)
- wine
- 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
- Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Accession Number
- F1961.33a-b
- Type
- Vessel
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 32.2 × 32.2 × 15.7 cm (12 11/16 × 12 11/16 × 6 3/16 in)
- Record ID
- fsg_F1961.33a-b
Related Object Groups
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