id:			136466
accession number:	1960.43
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1960.43
updated:		2025-02-09 02:27:46.633000

Wine Beaker (Gu), c. 1200 BCE. China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE), Anyang phase (c. 1250–1046 BCE). Bronze; diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); overall: 26.9 cm (10 9/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1960.43

title:				Wine Beaker (Gu)
title in original language:	
series:				
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creation date:			c. 1200 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1210
creation date latest:		-1190
current location:		241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE), Anyang phase (c. 1250–1046 BCE)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Shang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Diameter: 14.5 cm (5 11/16 in.); Overall: 26.9 cm (10 9/16 in.)
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inscriptions:

	inscription:	cast on outside:  "Ch'i (?) fu Chi."
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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, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 30, 1960-January 1, 1961).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(William H. Wolff [1906–1991], New York, NY, 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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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “Year in Review| 1960.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 47, no. 10 (December 1960): 223–254.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 251, no. 33; Reproduced: p. 228, no. 33
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142422

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

	Ho, Wai-Kam. “Shang and Chou Bronzes.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 51, no. 7 (September 1964): 175–187.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reprodued: p. 179, fig. 4
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152007

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 244
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n268

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 244
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n268

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 324
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n344

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n20

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IMAGES

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