Square lidded ritual wine container (fangyi) with taotie, serpents, and birds

Object Details

Previous custodian or owner: Tonying and Company 通運公司
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.

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See more items in: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

Date: ca. 1050-975 BCE
Period: Early Western Zhou dynasty

Accession Number: F1930.54a-b

Credit Line: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Topic: bird; dragon; Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE); casting; mask; China; Chinese Art; taotie

Origin: Luoyang, Henan province, China

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)

Data Source: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Type: Metalwork; Vessel

Record ID: fsg_F1930.54a-b

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye335879a27-d65c-4ae1-a94e-ee0429770c86

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