Wine vessel (Jia)

By 1925
Chen Baochen (1848–1935), Forbidden City, China then Tianjin, China, and finally Beijing, China [1]

To 1949
“Property of a Lady” [2]

1949
Sale, London, Sotheby & Company, “Fine Early Chinese Ceramics, Important Bronzes and Silverwork, European Medieval Ivories and Enamels,” July 19, 1949, lot 100, “Magnificent Large Bronze Chia.” [3]

To 1967
“Property of a Gentleman” [4]

1967
Sale, London, Christie, Manson, & Woods, “Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art,” June 19, 1967, lot 165, “An Important Archaic Bronze Chia [5]

Around 1967 to 1969
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., London, England [6]

At least from 1969 to 1972
Jen Chai Art Gallery, New York, NY purchased from Sydney L. Moss in 1969 [7]

1972
J. T. Tai & Company, New York, NY purchased from Jen Chai Art Gallery on 6/30/1972 [8]

1972 to 1987
Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY purchased from J. T. Tai & Company around September 14, 1972 [9]

From 1987
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift of Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [10]

Notes:

[1] See: Sun Zhuang, Cheng Qiu Guan jijin tu (Beijing, 1931) fig. 43.

[2] See Sotheby & Co., Catalogue of Fine Early Chinese Ceramics, Important Bronzes and Silverwork, European Medieval Ivories and Enamels …” (London: July 19, 1949), lot 100.

[3] See note 2.

[4] Christie, Manson & Woods, LTD, “Catalogue of Important Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art …” (London: June 19, 1967), lot 65.

[5] See note 4.

[6] See stock record A 496 of Jen Chai Art Gallery, INC, copy in object file. The stock record reports that Sydney Moss of London sold to Jen Chai Art Gallery in 1969.

[7] See note 6.

[8] See stock record referenced in note 6. Jen Chai Art Gallery, INC sold to J. T. Tai & Co. INC in 1971.

[9] Arthur M. Sackler purchased the object from J. T. Tai & Company, INC on June 30, 1972.

[10] Pursuant to the agreement between 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.