Ritual vessel
date: label: Date
content: ca. late 11th century-early 10th century BCE
label: Period
content: Western Zhou dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Ceremonial vessel, "yu," with a cover. Wood stand.
label: Description
content: Surface: cuprite patination with traces of malachite.
label: Description
content: Decoration: in high and low relief. Inscriptions inside of the vessel and the cover.
label: Inscriptions
content: (A.G.W., 1944) The inscriptions are the same in both cover and bottom and read:
label: Inscriptions
content: "ya ch'i ? tso mu hsin i" [Chn] ? [Chn] or "Ch'i ? of Ya has made for Mother Hsin a [sacral] vessel."
label: Inscriptions
content: The questioned character [Chn] has been read as "i" [Chn] by Takata Tadahiro [Chn] (See "Kochuhen, ch. 55, p. 14, a). However, other scholars tend to leave it unread.
label: Inscriptions
content: (See Curatorial Remarks number 4)
label: Inscriptions
content: The Translation reads: Bronze jar, called "Yi," with some inscriptions on the cover and the bottom of the jar. The inscriptions read: "Ya-Tso-mo-Sui-Yi." 'Mo-Sui-Yi' is the name of this jar. The first word means that the jar is offered to the temple. The second and third words mean that so and so made it.
label: Inscriptions
content: The Translation reads: Bronze jar, called "Yi," with some inscriptions on the cover and the bottom of the jar. The inscriptions read: "Ya-Tso-mo-Sui-Yi." 'Mo-Sui-Yi' is the name of this jar. The first word means that the jar is offered to the temple. The second and third words mean that so and so made it.
label: Provenance
content: To 1909
label: Provenance
content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1909 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, in 1909 [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. 83, 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: Previous custodian or owner
content: Riu Cheng Chai (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: 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: F1909.258a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (overall): 29.1 x 20.3 x 14 cm (11 7/16 x 8 x 5 1/2 in)