Top of broken ceremonial vessel of type ku

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1958-59

  Simon Kriger, Washington, DC [1]

  From 1958-59

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Simon Kriger, Washington, DC [2]

  Notes:

  [1] According to notes in the object record, this was a gift of S. Kriger between 1958 and 1959. See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

  [2] See note 1.

• Collection

  Freer Study Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Simon Kriger (1900-1985)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of S. Kriger

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  BCE 0s, BCE 1000s

• Name

  Kriger, Simon Kriger Inc., Simon

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Bronze, Art, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 221 BCE), Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)