Food vessel (<em>ding</em>)
date: label: Date
content: 11th century BCE
label: Period
content: Western Zhou dynasty
notes: label: Provenance
content: Qianlong Emperor (1711–1799), Forbidden City, China [1]
label: Provenance
content: Prince Pulun, Senior Grandson of Daoguang Emperor, Forbidden City, China [2]
label: Provenance
content: By 1924 to 1948
label: Provenance
content: C. T. Loo & Company, Paris, France & New York, NY [3]
label: Provenance
content: 1948 to at least 1953
label: Provenance
content: C. T. Loo, INC., New York, NY by transfer from C. T. Loo & Company in 1948 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Likely 1953 to 1961
label: Provenance
content: C. T. Loo Chinese Art, New York, NY by transfer from C. T. Loo, INC., NY [5]
label: Provenance
content: 1961 to mid-1960s
label: Provenance
content: Frank Caro Chinese Art, New York, NY from C. T. Loo Chinese Art, mode of acquisition unknown [6]
label: Provenance
content: Early 1960s to 1987
label: Provenance
content: Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY likely purchased from Frank Caro Chinese Art in New York during the early 1960s [7]
label: Provenance
content: From 1987
label: Provenance
content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift from Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [8]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See: Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qing tong qi fen lei tu lu. Dongjing: Ji gu shu wu, 1977), 14 (this publication is also known by it’s Japanese title, In Shū seidōki bunrui zuroku). This publication notes both the Qianlong Emperor and Prince Pulun as former owners.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See: C. T. Loo, Appartenant à C. T. Loo et Cie (Paris et Bruxelles: Libraire Nationale d’Art et d’Histoire, 1924), plate XIV.
label: Provenance
content: [4] On September 1, 1952, C. T. Loo’s associate, Frank Caro (1904-1980) took over daily operations of the New York business. C. T. Loo, INC. was dissolved by the summer of 1953 and Caro operated as C. T. Loo Chinese Art. Loo continued to play a large role in the business, as he and Caro struck a deal in which profits made on Loo’s stock would be evenly divided and Loo would maintain the lease and rental payments on the company’s gallery space. When Caro assumed leadership, he re-inventoried the stock and assigned new numbers, many of which began with an “E.” This object was part of that inventory process, being labeled “E-5031.”
label: Provenance
content: [5] See note 4.
label: Provenance
content: [6] In 1961, Loo and Caro’s agreement ended. C. T. Loo & Cie., Paris, France took control of C. T. Loo Chinese Art, New York’s stock that C. T. Loo had added to the inventory before his death in 1957. Frank Caro then opened Frank Caro Chinese Art. Caro acquired pieces from Loo’s original stock, but the mode of acquisition is unknown.
label: Provenance
content: [7] See note 3. Arthur M. Sackler purchased several bronzes from Frank Caro Chinese Art in 1964. It is possible that this bronze was part of that large purchase.
label: Provenance
content: [8] Pursuant to the agreement between Dr. 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.
label: Collection
content: Arthur M. Sackler Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: The Arts of China (November 18, 1990 to September 7, 2014)
label: Exhibition History
content: In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China (September 28, 1987 to January 1, 1989)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Hongli, the Qianlong emperor 乾隆帝 (1711-1799)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Pulun 溥倫 (1874-1927)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: C. T. Loo, INC. (ca. 1948-no later than July 1953)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: C. T. Loo Chinese Art (1953-1961)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Frank Caro Chinese Art (1962-1980)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913-1987)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: casting
label: Topic
content: metal
label: Topic
content: bronze
label: Topic
content: Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Arthur M. Sackler
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: S1987.303
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 21.3 x 16.9 x 16.9 cm (8 3/8 x 6 5/8 x 6 5/8 in)