Ritual food serving vessel (<em>jing gui</em>)
date: label: Date
content: 10th century BCE
label: Period
content: Western Zhou dynasty
notes: label: Provenance
content: ?
label: Provenance
content: Qianlong Emperor (1711--1799), Forbidden City, China [1]
label: Provenance
content: By 1948 to 1967
label: Provenance
content: Private Collector, New York, NY acquired in China before 1948 [2]
label: Provenance
content: 1967
label: Provenance
content: Sale, New York, Parke-Bernet galleries, Oriental Art, December 14-15, 1967, lot 177: "Ritual Bronze Food Vessel (Kuei)" [3]
label: Provenance
content: To 1987
label: Provenance
content: Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, New York, NY [4]
label: Provenance
content: From 1987
label: Provenance
content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, gift from Arthur M. Sackler on September 11, 1987 [5]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Liang Shizheng et al., Xi Qing gu jian, 1755. Illustrated catalogue of bronzes in the Imperial collection (Rong Geng & Zhang Weichi 1958), 27, 14-15.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Parke-Bernett Galleries, New York, Oriental Art, sale cat. (New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, December 14 -- 15, 1967), p. 24, lot 177. The catalogue states this object is "the property of a New York Private Collector" and that his objects were "collected in China before 1948."
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2
label: Provenance
content: [4] The date Arthur M. Sackler purchased this object remains unknown. The means in which he acquired the object also remains unknown. This object was part of his initial 1987 gift to the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, see note 5.
label: Provenance
content: [5] 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: Chinese Bronzes from the Sackler Collection (November 19 to December 30, 1989)
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: Sotheby's
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: S1987.329
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 15.5 x 32.1 x 23.5 cm (6 1/8 x 12 5/8 x 9 1/4 in)