id:			148385
accession number:	1975.96
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1975.96
updated:		2025-06-25 11:06:46.921000

Food Steamer (Xian), c. 1000 BCE. China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE), Anyang phase (c. 1250–1046 BCE) to Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–771 BCE). Bronze; overall: 39.4 x 26.7 x 24.8 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1975.96

title:				Food Steamer (Xian)
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creation date:			c. 1000 BCE
creation date earliest:		-1010
creation date latest:		-990
current location:		241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	China, Shang dynasty (c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE), Anyang phase (c. 1250–1046 BCE) to Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–771 BCE)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Shang Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 39.4 x 26.7 x 24.8 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'CMA Year in Review, cat., CMA Bulletin, February 1976, Vol. LXIII, no. 2, p. 71, #176, repr. p. 55', 'opening_date': '1976-02-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA Handbook (1978), p. 324', 'opening_date': '1978-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA Handbook (1991), p. 5', 'opening_date': '1991-01-01T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 63, no. 2 (February 1976): 31–71.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 55; Mentioned: p. 71, no. 176
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152624

	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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