MAG Collection - Ceremonial Food Vessel (Gui)

Ceremonial Food Vessel (Gui)

11th Century BCE - early 10th Century BCE
Western Zhou Dynasty (1027-771 BCE)
5 5/8 x 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 in. (14.3 x 25.7 x 19.1 cm)

Chinese artist
China

Object Type: Metalwork

Medium and Support: Bronze

Credit Line: R. T. Miller Fund

Accession Number: 1942.15

Location: Currently on view

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Provenance

C. T. Loo & Co., New York (dealers); purchased from them by the Gallery in 1942

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Chinese

2000 - 1000 BCE

1000 BCE - 500 CE

vessels

metalwork

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Exhibition List

This object was included in the following exhibitions:

30 Centuries of Chinese Art 4/4/1942 - 5/3/1942
Far Eastern Art in Upstate New York Cornell University 9/15/1976 - 9/11/1977
Man, The Incomplete God 11/19/1977 - 2/12/1978

Bibliography

This object has the following bibliographic references:

Article Scope: Reproduction only. Susan Dodge Peters, ed. Memorial Art Gallery: An Introduction to the Collection. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery in association with Hudson Hills Press, 1988.
Article Title: Accessions in the Chinese Collection. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 8, Issue Number: 2. Issue Date: November 1942.
Article Scope: Reproduction only. Rochester Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester Handbook. Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press, 1961.
Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, NY: Rochester Print Co.
Article Title: Rochester Riches. Article Scope: Article. Art Digest. New York, NY: Art Digest, Inc. Volume Number: 17, Issue Number: 7. Issue Date: January 1, 1943. Page Number: 16
Article Scope: Mention. Elizabeth Brayer. Magnum Opus: The Story of the Memorial Art Gallery, 1913-1988. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 1988.
Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Exhibition of Chinese Arts. New York, NY: C.T. Loo & Co., 1941.
Article Scope: Entry and reproduction. Martie W. Young. Far Eastern Art in Upstate New York. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1976.

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This object is a member of the following portfolios:

1000 BCE - 500 CE

2000 - 1000 BCE

Acquisitions from the R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund

Chinese Art

Metalwork

Passport to the Past

Sacred Stories, Myths and Legends

Selected Work Purchased with Funds from R.T. Miller, Jr.

Storytelling with Art

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