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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1950.128.A-B
Title
'Gong' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Tiger and Owl Decor
Other Titles
Original Language Title: 觥
Alternate Title: 'guang'
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
20th century
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/203595

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cast bronze; with inscription on vessel floor

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Arthur Sachs
Accession Year
1950
Object Number
1950.128.A-B
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Rong Geng [Jung Keng], Shang Zhou Yiqi Tongkao (The Bronzes of Shang and Chou), Harvard-Yenching Institute (Beijing, 1941), vol. 2, p.351
  • Yumiko Suefusa, "In Shū seidō iki no bi—jikō no kikei to sōshoku" ["Yin and Chou Bronzes with Special Reference to Ssü-kuang Type Receptacles"], Kobijutsu, No. 55, pp. 29-61, March 1978, no.3

Exhibition History

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