Food vessel (ding)

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1955

  Tonying and Company, New York, NY [1]

  1955

  Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet Galleries, Chinese Art: From the Collection of Tonying & Company, Inc., March 30-31, 1955, lot. no. 58, "Bronze Tripod Cauldron (Ting)" [2]

  1955-1975

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, purchased at auction, Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, March 30-31, 1955, lot. no. 58, "Bronze Tripod Cauldron (Ting)" [3]

  1975-1987

  The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler in 1975 [4]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of the Arthur Sackler Foundation [5]

  Notes:

  [1] Dr. Arthur M. Sackler purchased this object from an auction at Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York from the Tonying and Company in New York. The auction was held March 30-31, 1955 in New York.

  [2] See object file.

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] Dr. Arthur M. Sackler gifted the object to the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in 1975. See object file.

  [5] See Deed of Gift, copy in object file.

• 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)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902)

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

  Arthur M. Sackler Foundation (founded 1965)

• Origin

  Baoji, Shaanxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

• Type

  Vessel

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  BCE 1000s

• Name

  Sackler, Arthur M., Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, Tonying and Company

• Place

  Baoji, Shaanxi province, China

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)