id:			136465
accession number:	1960.42
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.42
updated:		2022-01-04 16:07:00.265000

Wine vessel (Jue), c. 1200 BC. China, late Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC). Bronze; overall: 22.7 x 17.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund and Edward L. Wittemore Fund 1960.42

title:				Wine vessel (Jue)
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creation date:			c. 1200 BC
creation date earliest:		-1210
creation date latest:		-1190
current location:		241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Cornelia Blakemore Warner Fund and Edward L. Wittemore Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, late Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Shang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 22.7 x 17.2 cm (8 15/16 x 6 3/4 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	Inscription reads:  Chu fu Yi  (Father Yi of the Chu Clan)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty
	opening date:   1960-11-30T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

	title:		Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink
	opening date:   1983-07-26T04:00:00
	<i>Consuming Passions: The Art of Food and Drink</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 26-October 9, 1983).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The Arts of China from The Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. The Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH (February 27–April 10, 1983).

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PROVENANCE

	L. Wannieck Collection, Paris, France
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	(Bluett & Sons, London, England, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?–1960
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1960–
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wall description: 
Wine and food played a major role in ritual offerings to the ancestral spirits and the Supreme Ancestor (Shangdi) performed by the Shang rulers in the state cult of ancestor worship. A variety of wine vessels—each type given a specific name—was cast to bear witness to the power and artistic vitality of this remote civilization. This example of a<em> jue</em> wine cup is for libations. Other types of wine vessels include <em>jia</em> (wine warming vessel),<em> fangyou</em> (square wine container), and <em>gu</em> (beaker with a trumpeted mouth for pouring).
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Four Ritual Vases,” March 27, 1962, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0916

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