Ritual food vessel (gui)

Object Details

• Description

  Vessel of the type kuei. Stand. Decoration cast in relief. Silvery, green, and blue patination, and earthy incrustations. Inscription inside bottom.

• Inscriptions

  Inscription inside bottom

• Provenance

  To 1924

  Lee Sung-shan, Peking. [1]

  From 1924

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Lee Sung-shan, Peking. [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Lee Sung-shan

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  BCE 0s, BCE 1000s

• Name

  Sung-shan, Lee

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Bronze, Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE), Art, Animals, Inscriptions, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Carl Whiting Bishop collection, Masks, Metal-work, Food

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)