Ritual wine vessel (fangtsun)

Object Details

• Description

  Ceremonial wine vessel, type fang tsun. Surface: smooth dark green patina, with two areas of light-green, and a scattering aerugo of malachite green; traces of earthy incrustation. Decoration: in low and high relief. Inscription scratched within the lip.

• Inscriptions

  Inscription scratched within the lip.

• Provenance

  1925

  Parish-Watson Company, New York 1925 [1]

  From 1925

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Parish-Watson Company, New York in 1925 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

  Special Exhibition—Chinese Bronzes (November 1, 1961 to March 23, 1962)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1944 (December 13, 1944 to May 7, 1946)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to December 13, 1944)

  Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

  Chinese Jades and Bronze, East Corridor (November 19, 1923 to March 14, 1931)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Parish-Watson Company

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Date

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• Name

  Parish-Watson Company

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Bronze, Wine and wine making, Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE), Art, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)