id:			138689
accession number:	1963.103
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1963.103
updated:		2023-04-23 11:15:55.612000

Square Wine Container (Fangyou), c. 1250–1046 BC. China, Henan province, probably Anyang, late Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC), Anyang phase (c.1250-1046 BC). Bronze; overall: 26.7 x 13.4 cm (10 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1963.103

title:				Square Wine Container (Fangyou)
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creation date:			c. 1250–1046 BC
creation date earliest:		-1260
creation date latest:		-1036
current location:		241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	China, Henan province, probably Anyang, late Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC), Anyang phase (c.1250-1046 BC)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Shang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 26.7 x 13.4 cm (10 1/2 x 5 1/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1963)
	opening date:   1963-11-27T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1963)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 27, 1963-January 5, 1964).

	title:		Science within Art
	opening date:   1980-02-13T05:00:00
	<i>Science within Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 13-April 20, 1980).

	title:		Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2009-06-27T04:00:00
	<i>Streams and Mountains Without End: Asian Art and the Legacy of Sherman E. Lee at the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 27-August 23, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(S. Kriger, Inc., Washington, DC, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1963
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, -present
	date: 1963-
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wall description:
From the finely proportioned body to the elaborate decoration cast with great precision, this ritual wine vessel displays the artistic refinement and technical virtuosity that marked the full blossoming of late Shang bronze art. The dramatic contrast of the crested birds (<em>kuifeng</em>) against the dense background of spiral patterns (<em>leiwen</em>) gives the vessel a new force, clarity, and intense vitality. The distinctive square body also places it as a rare and important type among the more usual round or ovoid types.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	"Oriental Art Recently Acquired by American Museums, 1963." <em>Archives of the Chinese Art Society of America</em> 18 (1964): pp. 69-91.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 71, fig. 8
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/20067074

	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

	Cunningham, Michael R., Stanislaw J. Czuma, Anne E. Wardwell, and J. Keith Wilson. <em>Masterworks of Asian Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1998.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 24-25
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	Franklin, David and C. Griffith Mann. <em>Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 24-25
	url:		

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