Object Details
- Description
- Ceremonial vessel, type gui. Fairly even gray-green patina inside and out; malachite and azurite incrustation on the bottom. Cast inscription of two characters.
- Inscriptions
- Inscribed on the bottom of the interior, Yi Che 亦 (掖?) 車 (“Yi-Chariot Officer”)
- Provenance
- In 1941
- C. T. Loo & Company, New York from April 1941 [1]
- From 1941
- Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company on June 18, 1941 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See C. T. Loo's stockcard no. 87101: "Bronze vessel. Kuei. decorated around foot and neck with bands of running dragons separated by flanges. and a register of triangles with cicadas in relief under the rim on the body broad t'ao t'ieh masks. All motives [?] with spirals. deeply carved spiral background. Grey green patina. Inscribed. Shang," C. T. Loo & Frank Caro Archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy in object file. The object was brought by Loo to the Freer Gallery for examination on April 29, 1941.
- [2] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated June 18, 1941, copy in object file.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Exhibition History
- Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings (February 25, 2023 to April 28, 2024)
- Ancient Chinese Bronzes (May 9, 1993 to February 10, 1997)
- Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)
- Chinese Art (June 15, 1982 to September 24, 1982)
- Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)
- Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
- Chinese Bronze, Jade, Marble (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 14 and 15 (February 25, 1956 to March 1, 1957)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1955 (October 24, 1955 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Jade and Bronze (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1944 (December 13, 1944 to May 7, 1946)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to December 13, 1944)
- Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
- Previous custodian or owner
- C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
- Credit Line
- Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
- ca. 1150 BCE
- Period
- Late Shang dynasty, middle Anyang period
- Accession Number
- F1941.8
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Vessel
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 14 × 22.5 × 21.3 cm (5 1/2 × 8 7/8 × 8 3/8 in)
- Origin
- Anyang, probably Henan province, China
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- casting
- metal
- bronze
- dragon
- Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)
- mask
- China
- Chinese Art
- grain
- Record ID
- fsg_F1941.8
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3837bd243-3601-4d4c-9172-44f4b0dbc52e
