Wine container (zun)

Object Details

• Provenance

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  Formerly in the collection of the Cranbrook Academy of Art [1]

  To 1975

  J.T. Tai & Co., Inc., New York, NY [2]

  1975-1987

  The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, purchased from J.T. Tai & Co., Inc., New York, NY on June 6, 1975 [3]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

  Notes:

  [1] The records from the Sackler Foundation lists this object as formerly in the collection of the Cranbrook Academy of Art (39.102).

  [2] The J.T. dealer number is YT 6124. See invoice from J.T. Tai & Co., dated May 12, 1975, copy in object file.

  [3] See note 2.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

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

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

  Art from Ritual: Ancient Chinese Bronze Vessels from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections (April 23 to September 6, 1983)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Cranbrook Academy of Art

  J. T. Tai & Co. (established in 1950)

  Arthur M. Sackler Foundation (founded 1965)

• Origin

  Anyang, Henan province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  BCE 1000s

• Name

  Cranbrook Academy of Art, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, J. T. Tai & Co.

• Place

  China, Henan province, Anyang

• Topic

  Bronze, Wine and wine making, Art, Sculpture, Chinese Art, Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE), Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)