Ritual Food Steamer (Yan) with Bovine Decor

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1944.57.7
Title: Ritual Food Steamer (Yan) with Bovine Decor
Other Titles: Alternate Title: yen
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: late Shang to early Western Zhou, 11th-mid 10th century BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China, Henan province, Anyang
Period: Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204168

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Cast bronze; with integrally cast three-character inscription reading "Yao Zuo Yi" on the interior wall
Dimensions: H. 40.6 x Diam. 26.7 cm (16 x 10 1/2 in.)

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: 1944.57.7
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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 134

Exhibition History

Permanent Gallery Exhibition, Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, 06/25/1949 - 06/28/1972

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1944.57.7: Ritual Food Steamer (Yan) with Bovine Decor