Ritual wine vessel (<em>fangtsun</em>)
date: label: Date
content: late 11th-early 10th century BCE
label: Period
content: Western Zhou dynasty
notes: label: Description
content: Ceremonial wine vessel, type fang tsun. Surface: smooth dark green patina, with two areas of light-green, and a scattering aerugo of malachite green; traces of earthy incrustation. Decoration: in low and high relief. Inscription scratched within the lip.
label: Inscriptions
content: Inscription scratched within the lip.
label: Provenance
content: 1925
label: Provenance
content: Parish-Watson Company, New York 1925 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1925
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Parish-Watson Company, New York in 1925 [2]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)
label: Exhibition History
content: Special Exhibition—Chinese Bronzes (November 1, 1961 to March 23, 1962)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1955 (August 26, 1955 to October 25, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1946 (May 7, 1946 to February 25, 1956)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1944 (December 13, 1944 to May 7, 1946)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to December 13, 1944)
label: Exhibition History
content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)
label: Exhibition History
content: Chinese Jades and Bronze, East Corridor (November 19, 1923 to March 14, 1931)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Parish-Watson Company
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: wine
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: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1925.2
objectType: label: Type
content: Vessel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Bronze
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 34.5 x 27 cm (13 9/16 x 10 5/8 in)