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Ritual Vessel

Native NameGu
Object Number:C10
Current Location: Collections Storage
Culture:Chinese
Provenience: China
Period: Ming Dynasty
Date Made: Ming Dynasty
Early Date: 1368
Late Date: 1644
Section:Asian
Materials:Bronze
Technique:Cast
Iconography:Dragons
Cicadas
Height: 22.5 cm
Credit Line:Purchased from T. M. Huang, 1913
Other Number:A1421 - Old Museum Number
Getz 90 - Other Number
10 - Other Number
3254/25 2S 277 3 - Other Number

Description

Bronze with stand. Ming copy of Shang Dynasty Gu.

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Exhibition of the Art of the Far East ( Dec 1914) View Objects in Exhibition
Special Exhibition: Classical and Oriental (12 Dec 1913 - 01 Nov 1915) View Objects in Exhibition
Exhibition of Oriental Art (12 Feb 1916) View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Catalogue] Getz, John. 1916. The University Museum Exhibition of Oriental Art.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: No. 90View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] University of Pennsylvania, Office of the President. 1914. Catalogue of an Exhibition of the Art of the Far East.. Philadelphia. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: Pg. 48, No. 11View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] 1913. The University Museum. Special Exhibition.. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: pg. 29-30, No. 10View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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