Ritual food container

Object Details

• Provenance

  To 1971

  Gran Collection, London, United Kingdom [1]

  1971

  Sale, London, Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of Important Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes, and Works of Art, March 2, 1971, lot 49: "A Rare and Attractive Archaic Bronze Covered Vessel (ting)" [2]

  1971

  J.T. Tai & Co., purchased from sale at Sotheby & Co., London, "Catalogue of Important Chinese Ceramics, Bronzes, and Works of Art" March 2, 1971, lot 49 [3]

  1971-1974

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, purchased from J.T. Tai & Co. on November 10, 1971 [4]

  1974-1987

  The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, gift of Dr. Arthur M. Sackler in 1974 [5]

  From 1987

  Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation [6]

  Notes:

  [1] The 1971 auction catalogue listed the vessel as "The Property of a Gentleman". See copy of auction catalogue, object file. The paper file from the Sackler Foundations notes that this was previously in the collection of Gran before J.T. Tai & Co. purchased it.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] According to records from Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, J.T. Tai & Co., purchased this vessel from the 1971 London, Sotheby's auction. On November 10, 1971 this was sold to Dr. Sackler through Paul Singer (?). The J.T. Tai & Co., dealer number is YT 6002.

  [4] See note 3.

  [5] Dr. Arthur M. Sackler donated the object to the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation in 1974. See correspondence on the transfer of object to the Foundation, copies in object file.

  [6] See Deed of Gift, object file.

• 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

  Gran

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

  Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)

  Arthur M. Sackler Foundation (founded 1965)

• Origin

  Liyu, Shaanxi province, China

• Credit Line

  Gift of The Arthur M. Sackler Foundation

• Type

  Vessel

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Sackler, Arthur M., Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, J. T. Tai & Co., Gran

• Place

  Shaanxi province, China, Liyu

• Topic

  Bronze, Art, Sculpture, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE), Chinese Art, Metal-work, Food

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)