Collection Online as of February 6, 2023

Food Steamer (Xian)

c. 1000 BC

China, late Shang dynasty (c.1600-c.1046 BC), Anyang phase (c.1250-1046 BC) to early Western Zhou dynasty

(c. 1046-771 BC)

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

Citations

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

Exhibition history

CMA Year in Review, cat., CMA Bulletin, February 1976, Vol. LXIII, no. 2, p. 71, #176, repr. p. 55

CMA Handbook (1978), p. 324

CMA Handbook (1991), p. 5