1943.52.99: 'Ding' Ritual Food Vessel with Decorative Band of Birds and 'Leiwen' Decor
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1943.52.99
- Title
- 'Ding' Ritual Food Vessel with Decorative Band of Birds and 'Leiwen' Decor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- mid Western Zhou period, early 10th-early 9th 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/204314
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze with green russet patina; with an inscription on the interior
- Dimensions
- H. 22.2 x W. 20.8 x Diam. (mouth) 20.1 cm (8 3/4 x 8 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- Signed: spurious inscription
- inscription: Shu zuo bao - Three-character inscription on interior wall, possibly spurious
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
- Accession Year
- 1943
- Object Number
- 1943.52.99
- 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 084
Verification Level
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