1944.57.34: 'Fangding' Ritual Food Vessel with 'Taotie' Decor
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1944.57.34
- Title
- 'Fangding' Ritual Food Vessel with 'Taotie' Decor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 12th-11th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Shang dynasty (c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE) to Western Zhou period (c. 1050-771 BCE)
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203866
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Cast bronze with gray-green patina; inscribed with a three-character dedication
- Dimensions
- H. 27.3 x W. 20.4 x D. 16.3 cm (10 3/4 x 8 1/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
- Inscriptions and Marks
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- inscription: Three-character inscription integrally cast on interior wall: (?) Fu Gui [translation: (?) Father Gui]
Provenance
- Recorded Ownership History
- Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous gift
- Accession Year
- 1944
- Object Number
- 1944.57.34
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu (A corpus of Chinese bronzes in American Collections), Kyuko Shoin (Tokyo, Japan, 1977), A 058
Exhibition History
- S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008
Verification Level
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