- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Description
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Ceremonial covered vessel, of the type yu. Surface of smooth variable olive green to brown patination. Decoration cast in low relief, with bold jutting zoomorphic heads terminating either end of the bail handle. Handle broken and repaired; lip of cover and repeated inside bottom.
- Published References
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- Mary Tregear. Chinese Art. London. pl. 26.
- Shang Chou chin wen shi ch'eng. Multi-volume, Taipei. cat. 5761.
- Chin wen tsung chi. Taipei. vol. 7: p. 2851.
- Masterpieces of Chinese and Japanese Art: Freer Gallery of Art handbook. Washington, 1976. p. 14.
- Sherman Lee. A History of Far Eastern Art. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1964. p. 42, fig. 31.
- Caroline Blunden, Mark Elvin. Cultural Atlas of China. New York. p. 61.
- Dr. John Alexander Pope, Rutherford John Gettens, James Cahill, Noel Barnard. The Freer Chinese Bronzes. Oriental Studies Series, vol. 1, no. 7 Washington. cat. 58, p. 325.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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