Ritual grain server (gui) with spikes, ribs, and, dragons

Classification: Vessel

Historical period(s): Early Western Zhou dynasty, ca. 1050-1000 BCE

Object Date: ca. 1050-1000 BCE

Medium: Bronze

Dimension(s): H x W: 23.2 x 37.2 cm (9 1/8 x 14 5/8 in)

Origin: China, Shaanxi province, Baoji

Credit Line: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

Collection: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Accession Number: F1931.10

Provenance: 1931
C. T. Loo & Company, New York 1931 [1]

From 1931
Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company, New York in 1931 [2]

Notes:

[1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

[2] See note 1. Also see Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

Previous owner(s): C.T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

Description: Ceremonial vessel, type kuei. Surface: silvery gray patina with patches of green aerugo; rough green patination inside; azurite under the foot. Decoration: in relief and incised.

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