1944.57.16.A-B: 'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Animal-Head Bail Handle and with 'Taotie' and Striding 'Kui'-Dragon Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1944.57.16.A-B

Title

'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Animal-Head Bail Handle and with 'Taotie' and Striding 'Kui'-Dragon Decor

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

early Western Zhou period, mid 11th-early 10th century BCE

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Zhou dynasty, Western Zhou period, c. 1050-771 BCE

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/203870

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Cast bronze; with integrally cast inscriptions on vessel floor and interior of cover

Dimensions

H. (to top of handle) 29.2 x W. 18.1 cm (11 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• inscription: Ten-character dedicatory inscription integrally cast on both vessel floor and lid interior: Shou Gong zuo Fu Xin zun yi qi yong bao (translation: Shou Gong made [this] precious sacrificial vessel [for] Father Xin; [may it be] treasured forever)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous gift

Accession Year

1944

Object Number

1944.57.16.A-B

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu (A corpus of Chinese bronzes in American Collections), Kyuko Shoin (Tokyo, Japan, 1977), A 612

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