- Provenance
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To 1959
J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York. [1]From 1959
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from J. T. Tai & Co., New York, New York. [2]Notes:
[1] See object file, Collections Management Office.
[2] See note 1.
- Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)
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J.T. Tai & Co. established in 1950
- Description
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Light green patination. Design in relief. Inscription of six characters on both the lid and the inside bottom of the vessel.
- Inscription(s)
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Inscription of six characters on both the lid and the inside bottom of the vessel.
- Published References
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- Shang Chou chin wen shi ch'eng. Multi-volume, Taipei. no. 5911-12, vol. 6.
- Sueji Umehara. (Obei shucho) Shina kodo seika [Selected Relics of Ancient Chinese Bronzes from Collections in Europe and America]. 7 vols., Kyoto and Osaka, 1933-1935. vol. 2, pl. 134.
- Thomas Lawton. A Chinese Bronze Vessel Reconsidered. vol. 4, no. 2 Taipei, Winter 1986. .
- Bernhard Karlgren. New Studies on Chinese Bronzes. vol. 9 Stockholm. cat. 592, pl. XVII.
- Chin wen tsung chi. Taipei. vol. 7: pp. 2926-2927.
- American Association of Museums. Title unknown. vol. 38, no. 10 Washington, June 1960. p. 3.
- Bo Ju Gui: An important Chinese archaic bronze. Exh. cat. London. p. 17, fig. 6.
- Liao-ning shing Ko-tso hsien Shan-wan-tzu ch'u-t'u Yin Chou ch'ing-t'ung ch'i. no. 12. pp. 24, 32, fig. 3, 52.
- Cheung Kwong-yue. Wei-tso hsien Ch'in i-ch'i ming-wen shu-yao. p. 76.
- Dr. John Alexander Pope, Rutherford John Gettens, James Cahill, Noel Barnard. The Freer Chinese Bronzes. Oriental Studies Series, vol. 1, no. 7 Washington. cat. 74, pp. 412-217.
- Jessica Rawson. Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections. Ancient Chinese Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, vol. 2 Washington and Cambridge, Massachusetts. p. 493, fig. 67.5.
- Collection Area(s)
- Chinese Art
- Web Resources
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