Jar Lid - C351B | Collections

Native Name	Lei
Object Number:	C351B
Current Location:	Collections storage
Culture:	Chinese
Provenience:	China Xi'an
Period:	Shang Dynasty
Date Made:	Shang Dynasty
Early Date:	-1600
Late Date:	-1046
Section:	Asian
Materials:	Copper Alloy Bronze
Technique:	Cast
Credit Line:	Purchased from C. T. Loo; Subscription of Lammot duPont, 1918

Description

Lid to wine jar (Chinese: lei) C351A. Bronze with considerable green patina. Covered jar of heavy rugged form and decoration. Divided vertically from knob of cover to bottom of base by 3 notched flanges dividing the jar into 3 equal vertical sections each of which is divided down the center by a similar flange which is, however, broken at the shoulder by a highly conventionalized animal head molded in the round. Relief patterns on surface. No inscription.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

	Chinese Halls (1941 - 1966)	View Objects in Exhibition
	Chinese Bronze and Metal-Working (Rotunda Case Exhibit) ( Jan 1987 - Feb 1988)	View Objects in Exhibition
	Chinese Bronze and Jade (Rotunda Case Exhibit) ( Jul 2001 - 05 Feb 2018)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

	[Book] Dorling Kindersley Limited. 2014. History of the World in 1,000 Objects. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Page 53 Bottom right	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
	[Article] Jayne, Horace H. F. 1941. The Chinese Collections of The University Museum: A Handbook of the Principal Objects. The University Museum Bulletin. 9 (2-3) Actual Citation	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
	[Catalogue] 1938. Chinese bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B.C.) through the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906) : an exhibition lent by American collectors and museums and shown in gallery D6 from October 19 through November 27. Actual Citation	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
	[Article] Bishop, Charles W. 1918. Two Chinese Bronze Vessels. The Museum Journal. Volume IX (No.2): 99-120. Actual Citation	View Objects related to this Actual Citation