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Jar
| Native Name | Lei |
| Object Number: | C351A |
| Current Location: | Collections Storage |
| Culture: | Chinese |
| Provenience: | China Xi'an |
| Period: | Shang Dynasty |
| Date Made: | Shang Dynasty |
| Early Date: | -1600 |
| Late Date: | Shang Dynasty |
| Section: | Asian |
| Materials: | Copper Alloy Bronze |
| Technique: | Cast |
| Height: | 45.7 cm |
| Outside Diameter: | 37 cm |
| Credit Line: | Purchased from C. T. Loo; Subscription of Lammot duPont, 1918 |
Description
Wine jar (Lei). 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.. London. Dorling Kindersley Limited. 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. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Vol. 9. no. 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.. New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. pg. xxxii, 29, [1] p. 2 l. illus., plates. 22 cm. Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation | |
| [Article] Bishop, Carl W. 1918. "Two Chinese Bronze Vessels". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum. Vol. IX. no. No.2. pg. 99-120 Actual Citation | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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