Square lidded ritual wine container with lid (<em>fangyi</em>)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1200-1050 BCE
label: Period
content: Late Shang dynasty, middle to late Anyang period
notes: label: Description
content: Ceremonial vessel of the type "fang-i," with cover. Part of the foot rim missing. A tiny hole in one side.
label: Description
content: Carved wood stand.
label: Description
content: Surface: rich malachite green patina over brown. One area of blue.
label: Description
content: Decoration: in low and high relief and engraved. An engraved two-character inscription inside the bottom, with the same occurring in the cover in relief.
label: Inscriptions
content: 2-character inscription.
label: Provenance
content: To 1915
label: Provenance
content: Tonying and Company, New York to 1915 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1915 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Tonying and Company, New York in 1915 [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. 689, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. By at least 1917, Tonying and Company maintained business locations in Shanghai, Beijing, Paris, London, and New York, NY.
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: Tonying and Company 通運公司 (established 1902) (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: Anyang period, Late Shang dynasty (ca. 1300 - 1050 BCE)
label: Topic
content: wine
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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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 Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1915.136a-c
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 21.8 x 15.2 cm (8 9/16 x 6 in)