Lid of a container (possibly a <em>pou</em>)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1200-1100 BCE
label: Period
content: Shang dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Lid of vessel. Dome shaped. Three tigers in relief seen in side view with heads rising from surface to become virtually sculpture in the round, looking towards the center. Stylized broad bands of tigers on angular meander background. Band of small circles surrounds center of lid which is restored; the original center probably had a knob raised on a stem (see F13.30). Dark shiny surface; extensively repaired.
label: Provenance
content: To 1916
label: Provenance
content: Lai-Yuan & Co., New York, to March 1916 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1916 to 1970
label: Provenance
content: Eugene Meyer (1875-1959) and Agnes E. Meyer (1887-1970), Washington, DC, and Mt. Kisco, NY, bought from Lai-Yuan & Co., on March 6, 1916 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1970 to 1974
label: Provenance
content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, New York [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1974
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, bequeathed by Agnes E. Meyer [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Invoice, issued by C. T. Loo, Lai-Yuan & Co. to Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meyer, dated March 6, 1916, no. 30962: “Circular bronze cover from a Ting with 3 raised panthers amidst scrolls of thunder (Lug Wan) Seu-Ning-Koo or black quicksilver
label: Provenance
content: patina – Shang dynasty,” in object file.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Lai-yuan & Co.'s invoice cited in note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The object was part of the Estate of Agnes E. Meyer.
label: Provenance
content: [4] The object was transferred to the Freer Gallery on January 9, 1973. In 1974 it was confirmed that the transfer of this object to the Freer Gallery from the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation had been approved by the foundation’s Board of Directors on December 14, 1972 and the object was accessioned into the collection.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Ancient Chinese Bronzes (May 9, 1993 to February 10, 1997)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
place: label: Origin
content: Yangzi River valley, China
topic: label: Topic
content: casting
label: Topic
content: metal
label: Topic
content: bronze
label: Topic
content: tiger
label: Topic
content: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
setName: label: Related Online Resources
content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1974.3
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 7.8 × 23.7 cm (3 1/16 × 9 5/16 in)