Ritual food vessel (Gui)

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1955

  Mrs. Edith Bennett [1]

  1955

  Sale, London, Sotheby & Co., The Well-Known Collection of Early Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes, and Jades: The Property of Mrs. E. Bennett, May 24, 1955, lot 45 [2]

  1965

  Sale, London, Sotheby & Co., Fine Chinese Ceramics, Jades and Works of Art, May 25, 1965, lot 12 [3]

  To 1975

  J.T. Tai & Co., Inc., New York, NY [4]

  1975-1987

  The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, purchased from J.T. Tai & Co., Inc., New York, NY [5]

  From 1987

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of the Well-Known Collection of Important Chinese Ceramics, Rare Antique Bronzes, and Fine Archaic Jades: The Property of Mrs. E. Bennett (London: May 24, 1955), lot 45.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation documentation, copy in object file.

  [4] The dealer number is YT 5331. See invoice from J.T. Tai & Co., Inc., dated May 30, 1975, copy in object file.

  [5] See note 4.

• Collection

  Arthur M. Sackler Collection

• Exhibition History

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  Edith Rosenheim-Randon (1901-1965)

  Sotheby's (London)

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

  Arthur M. Sackler Foundation (founded 1965)

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  BCE 1000s

• Name

  Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Sotheby's (London), Rosenheim-Randon, Edith, J. T. Tai & Co., Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

• Place

  China

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)