- Provenance
- Provenance research underway.
- Description
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Bronze ritual tripod vessel with cover, of type jiao
- Inscription(s)
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Inscribed in the lid and on the wall of the body by Bei Ya X, 葡(備)亞 X (“Deputy Officer of Armaments X”)
- Label
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Inscriptions inside the lid and container read:
On the day bingshen, the king bestowed cowry shells from Xi upon Fu, the Fuya officer. . . . [Fu] therefore made for his deceased Father Gui this vessel.
- Published References
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- Sueji Umehara. Yin hsu: Ancient Capital of the Shang Dynasty at An-yang. Tokyo. pl. 75.
- Hai wai i chen [Chinese Art in Overseas Collections]. Taipei, 1985. vol. 2: p. 46.
- Chugoku bijutsu [Chinese Art in Western Collections]. 5 vols., Tokyo, 1972-1973. vol. 4: fig. 11.
- Chin wen tsung chi. Taipei. vol. 6: p. 2379.
- Dr. John Alexander Pope, Rutherford John Gettens, James Cahill, Noel Barnard. The Freer Chinese Bronzes. Oriental Studies Series, vol. 1, no. 7 Washington. cat. 26, p. 151.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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