Ritual wine warmer (fangjia) with masks (taotie), dragons, birds, and cicadas

Object Details

• Description

  Ceremonial vessel with cover: type jia. Surface: smooth green patina. Decoration: in high relief, low relief, and incised.

• Previous custodian or owner

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

• Provenance

  From at least 1935

  C. T. Loo & Company, New York from at least January 5, 1935 [1]

  From 1935

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York on March 13, 1935 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] See Approval Memo with annotation: "Brought in by C. T. Loo's nephew," dated January 5, 1935, in object file. The object is described as discovered at Zhangde Fu in Henan province.

  [2] See C. T. Loo's invoice dated March 13, 1935, copy in object file.

• Origin

  Anyang, probably Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• On View

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

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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, Chinese Art, Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE), Taotie, Masks, Dragon

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)

• On View

  Yes