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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1939.202
Title
'Gui' Covered Ritual Food Vessel with Dragon-Head Ring-Handles and Three Tiger-Mask Feet
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
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/206236

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cast bronze with dark green, speckled patina; with a 12-character dedication inscribed on both the vessel floor and lid interior
Dimensions
H. 23.5 x W. 31.8 x Diam. 20.2 cm (9 1/4 x 12 1/2 x 7 15/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: Twelve-character dedicatory inscriptions integrally cast on both vessel floor and underside of lid: San bo zuo Nie Ji bao gui qi wan nian yong yong [translation: The Prince of San made this precious gui for Lady Ji of Nie, may she continue to use it forever]

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1939
Object Number
1939.202
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Laurence C. S. Sickman, "The Kuei of the Prince of San", Bulletin of the Fogg Art Museum, President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass., March 1940), vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 28-34
  • Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu (A corpus of Chinese bronzes in American Collections), Kyuko Shoin (Tokyo, Japan, 1977), A 236

Exhibition History

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