1943.52.90: 'Gong' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Animal and 'Taotie' Decor
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.52.90
- Title
- 'Gong' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Animal and 'Taotie' Decor
- Other Titles
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Original Language Title: 觥
Alternate Title: 'guang' - Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 20th century
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/204234
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze; with inscription on the vessel floor and interior of cover
- Dimensions
- H. 19.7 x W. 8.5 x L. 23 cm (7 3/4 x 3 3/8 x 9 1/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.52.90
- 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 662
- Yumiko Suefusa, "In Shū seidō iki no bi—jikō no kikei to sōshoku" ["Yin and Chou Bronzes with Special Reference to Ssü-kuang Type Receptacles"], Kobijutsu, No. 55, pp. 29-61, March 1978, no. 14
- Judith Levinson, "Stylistic and Technical Examination of a Kuang Vessel in the Fogg Art Museum" (June 1983), Unpublished, pp. 1-57 passim
Exhibition History
Verification Level
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