Ritual wine container (you) with dragons, birds, and bovine heads

Object Details

• Description

  Ceremonial vessel with a cover; type yu. Surface: a green patina, with areas of brownish red. Decoration: in relief.

• Previous custodian or owner

  C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

• Provenance

  To 1930

  C. T. Loo & Company, New York to 1930 [1]

  From 1930

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1930 [2]

  Notes:

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

  [2] See note 1.

• Origin

  Anyang, probably Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

  Sackler Gallery 23a: Anyang: China's Ancient City of Kings

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 1000s

• Name

  C.T. Loo & Company

• Place

  China, Henan province, Anyang

• Topic

  Wine and wine making, Art, Animals, Chinese Art, Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE), Birds, Cicada, Buffaloes

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes