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Food Steamer (Xian)

c. 1000 BCE

China, Shang dynasty

(c. 1600–c. 1046 BCE), Anyang phase (c. 1250–1046 BCE) to Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–771 BCE)
bronze
Overall: 39.4 x 26.7 x 24.8 cm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 x 9 3/4 in.)
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.96
Location: 241A Arts of Ancient China
  • Lee, Sherman E. “The Year in Review for 1975.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 63, no. 2 (February 1976): 31–71. Reproduced: p. 55; Mentioned: p. 71, no. 176 www.jstor.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 324 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 5 archive.org
  • CMA Handbook (1991), p. 5
    CMA Handbook (1978), p. 324
    CMA Year in Review, cat., CMA Bulletin, February 1976, Vol. LXIII, no. 2, p. 71, #176, repr. p. 55
  • {{cite web|title=Food Steamer (Xian)|url=false|author=|year=c. 1000 BCE|access-date=19 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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