Ritual food serving vessel (jing gui)

Object Details

• Provenance

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  Qianlong Emperor (1711--1799), Forbidden City, China [1]

  By 1948 to 1967

  Private Collector, New York, NY acquired in China before 1948 [2]

  1967

  Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet galleries, Oriental Art, December 14-15, 1967, lot 177: "Ritual Bronze Food Vessel (Kuei)" [3]

  To 1987

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY [4]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift from Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [5]

  Notes:

  [1] See Liang Shizheng et al., Xi Qing gu jian, 1755. Illustrated catalogue of bronzes in the Imperial collection (Rong Geng & Zhang Weichi 1958), 27, 14-15.

  [2] See Parke-Bernett Galleries, New York, Oriental Art, sale cat. (New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, December 14 -- 15, 1967), p. 24, lot 177. The catalogue states this object is "the property of a New York Private Collector" and that his objects were "collected in China before 1948."

  [3] See note 2

  [4] The date Arthur M. Sackler purchased this object remains unknown. The means in which he acquired the object also remains unknown. This object was part of his initial 1987 gift to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, see note 5.

  [5] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. Arthur M. Sackler and the Smithsonian Institution, dated July 28, 1982, legal title of the donated objects was transferred to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery on September 11, 1987.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)

  Chinese Bronzes from the Sackler Collection (November 19 to December 30, 1989)

  In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Hongli, the Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝 (1711-1799)

  Sotheby's

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of Arthur M. Sackler

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Sackler, Arthur M., Hongli, Sotheby's

• Place

  China

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)