Ritual wine container (<em>zun</em>) with dragons
date: label: Date
content: ca. late 11th-early 10th century BCE
label: Period
content: Western Zhou dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "tsun."
label: Description
content: Surface: dark green and dull golden patina over blackish bronze.
label: Description
content: Decoration: in high and low relief. Inscription inside.
label: Inscriptions
content: "One the date of Hsin-mao (cyclical number) of the ten and three months, the Emperor was at (place) ----bestowed Chien (?) (name) Chai (?) (kind of metal), and said, Ch'ien (?), bestow you this valuable Ke. To praise and glorify the kindness of the Emperor, I make for the Chi (a woman's name) this precious vessel."
label: Inscriptions
content: "One the date of Hsin-mao (cyclical number) of the ten and three months, the Emperor was at (place) ----bestowed Chien (?) (name) Chai (?) (kind of metal), and said, Ch'ien (?), bestow you this valuable Ke. To praise and glorify the kindness of the Emperor, I make for the Chi (a woman's name) this precious vessel."
label: Provenance
content: Collection of Chen Ta Whah Ling, of Weihsien, China [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1911 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased through By Rai-sai, China, in 1911 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 195, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Brushing the Past: Later Chinese Calligraphy from the Gift of Robert Hatfield Ellsworth (April 30, 2000 to January 2, 2001)
label: Exhibition History
content: Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Chen Ta Whah Ling
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: By Rai-sai (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: casting
label: Topic
content: metal
label: Topic
content: bronze
label: Topic
content: dragon
label: Topic
content: Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE)
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1911.40
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x Diam: 20.5 × 17.5 cm (8 1/16 × 6 7/8 in)