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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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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