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Food Container (Gui)
600–500 BCE
(770–256 BCE), Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BCE)
Overall: 34.3 x 44.5 cm (13 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1974.73
Location: 241A Arts of Ancient China
Description
Openwork and sculptural designs elaborately transform the silhouette of this gui, a ritual food vessel with a square pedestal. The design exudes motion, exuberance, and baroque characters to a stately vessel form. Lotus-petal openwork encircles the cover, reinforcing the linear rhythms of the undulating wave patterns on the body. Two lively dragons, with eyes and mouth wide open and tongue straight out, are accompanied by two felines to form the arched handles.- Hans Jüergen von Lochow [1902–1989]?–1974Frederick M. Mayer [1899–1974], New York, NYJune 25, 1974(Christie, Manson & Woods, London, England, June 25, 1974 sale, lot 219, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1974–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Christie, Manson & Woods. The Frederick M. Mayer Collection of Chinese Art. 25 June 1974 sale. Lot 219Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1974.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62, no. 3 (1975): 62–103. Mentioned: p. 103, cat. no. 176; Reproduced: p. 104 (back cover) www.jstor.orgThe Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 325 archive.orgWang, Haiwen 王海文. "The Dragon-eared [-handled] Kuei 龍耳簋." Gugong bowuyuan yuankan [故宮博物院院刊 = Palace Museum Journal], 1979, no. 4. Mentioned: pp. 25 and 32The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 7 archive.org
- Asian Journeys: Collecting Art in Post-war America. The Asia Society Museum, New York, NY (organizer) (February 10-August 9, 2009).Year in Review: 1974. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 11-April 6, 1975).
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