Ritual food vessel (gui)
date: label: Date
content: late 11th-early 10th century BCE
label: Period
content: Western Zhou dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Vessel of the type kuei. Stand. Decoration cast in relief. Silvery, green, and blue patination, and earthy incrustations. Inscription inside bottom.
label: Inscriptions
content: Inscription inside bottom
label: Provenance
content: To 1924
label: Provenance
content: Lee Sung-shan, Peking. [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1924
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased by Carl Whiting Bishop from Lee Sung-shan, Peking. [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Lee Sung-shan
place: label: Origin
content: China
topic: label: Topic
content: casting
label: Topic
content: metal
label: Topic
content: bronze
label: Topic
content: animal
label: Topic
content: Western Zhou dynasty (ca. 1050 - 771 BCE)
label: Topic
content: mask
label: Topic
content: China
label: Topic
content: food
label: Topic
content: Chinese Art
label: Topic
content: Carl Whiting Bishop 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: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1924.14a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 14.1 x 24.2 cm (5 9/16 x 9 1/2 in)