id:			147977
accession number:	1974.73
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.73
updated:		2024-08-10 14:47:54.790000

Food Container (Gui), 600–500 BCE. China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BCE). Bronze; overall: 34.3 x 44.5 cm (13 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund 1974.73

title:				Food Container (Gui)
title in original language:	龍耳簋
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creation date:			600–500 BCE
creation date earliest:		-600
creation date latest:		-500
current location:		241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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culture:	China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 BCE), Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BCE)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Zhou Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 34.3 x 44.5 cm (13 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1974
	opening date:   1975-03-11T04:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1974</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).

	title:		Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America
	opening date:   2009-02-10T00:00:00
	<i>Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America</i>. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 10-August 9, 2009).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Hans Jüergen von Lochow [1902–1989]
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	Frederick M. Mayer [1899–1974], New York, NY
	date: ?–1974
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	(Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, June 25, 1974 sale, lot 219, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: June 25, 1974
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			* <div><!--block-->One of pair, the other purchased by John D. Rockefeller.</div>
			
			
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1974–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Christie, Manson &amp; Woods. <em>The Frederick M. Mayer Collection of Chinese Art</em>. 25 June 1974 sale.
	page number: 	Lot 219
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	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 62, no. 3 (1975): 62–103.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 103, cat. no. 176; Reproduced: p. 104 (back cover)
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152580

	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. 325
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n345

	Wang, Haiwen 王海文. "The Dragon-eared [-handled] Kuei 龍耳簋." <em>Gugong bowuyuan yuankan</em> [故宮博物院院刊 = Palace Museum Journal], 1979, no. 4.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 25 and 32
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	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. 7
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n22

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