id:			147977
accession number:	1974.73
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1974.73
updated:		2023-08-23 22:29:34.631000

Food Container (Gui), 600–500 BCE. China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC), Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC). 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
series:				
series in original language:	
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
copyright:			

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culture:	China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-256 BC), Spring and Autumn period (770-476 BC)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Zhou Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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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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wall description:
Openwork and sculptural designs elaborately transform the silhouette of this <em>gui</em>, a ritual food vessel with a square pedestal. The design exudes motion, exuberance, and baroque characters to a stately vessel form. Lotus-petal openwork encircles the cover, reinforcing the linear rhythms of the undulating wave patterns on the body. Two lively dragons, with eyes and mouth wide open and tongue straight out, are accompanied by two felines to form the arched handles.
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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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