Ceremonial vessel (lei)

Chinese. Jar (lei) with cover and wood stand.
Recent

Ceremonial jar of the type “lei,” with cover.
Wood stand.
Surface: green patina, with incrustations of green and red.
Decoration: in low and high relief; inlaid with gold and silver.

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Medium
Bronze with gold and silver inlay
Dimensions
H x W x D: 54.7 x 39.8 x 28 cm (21 9/16 x 15 11/16 x 11 in)
Geography
China
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1909.257a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Metalwork, Vessel
Type

Ritual vessel: lei

Keywords
China
Provenance
Provenance research underway.
Description

Chinese. Jar (lei) with cover and wood stand.
Recent

Ceremonial jar of the type "lei," with cover.
Wood stand.
Surface: green patina, with incrustations of green and red.
Decoration: in low and high relief; inlaid with gold and silver.

Published References
  • Robert Dale Jacobsen. Inlaid Bronzes of Pre-Imperial China: A Classical Tradition and Its Later Revivals. 2 vols. Ann Arbor. pl. 482.
  • William Watson. On Some Categories of Archaism in Chinese Bronze. vol. 9 Washington and Ann Arbor. pl. 9.
  • Dr. John Alexander Pope, Rutherford John Gettens, James Cahill, Noel Barnard. The Freer Chinese Bronzes. Oriental Studies Series, vol. 1, no. 7 Washington. cat. 19, p. 117.
Collection Area(s)
Chinese Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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