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Document identity
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117465
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Wine Vessel (Fu Wu Zun)
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117465
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object
title
Wine Vessel (Fu Wu Zun)
date
c. 1000–900 BCE
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60751685
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 23.1 cm (9 1/8 in.); Overall: 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.)
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China, Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–771 BCE)
accession
1938.13
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Wine Vessel (Fu Wu Zun), c. 1000–900 BCE. China, Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046–771 BCE). Bronze; diameter: 23.1 cm (9 1/8 in.); overall: 25.2 cm (9 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1938.13
collection
China - Zhou Dynasty
inscriptions
inscription_translation
Inscription inside reading "made this precious sacrificial vessel for Father Wu."
didYouKnow
This vessel is decorated with dragons and <em>taotie</em>, a stylized monster face motif frequently found on ancient Chinese ritual bronzes.
citations
citation
<em>Chinese Bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B.C.) Through the Tʻang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906); an Exhibition Lent by American Collectors and Museums and Shown in Gallery D6 from October 19 through November 27</em>, <em>1938</em>. New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1938
page_number
Mentioned: no. 98, p. 9
citation
Hollis, Howard. "A Chinese Sacrificial Wine Vessel." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>25, no. 10 (December 1938): 176–177.
page_number
Reproduced: front cover; Mentioned: p. 176
citation
“Accessions.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 26, no. 7 (July 1939): 124–126.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 127
citation
Francis, Henry. "Loans to Important Exhibitions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>26, no. 7 (July 1939): 123.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 123; Reproduced: p. 127
citation
Loehr, Max. <em>Ritual Vessels of Bronze Age China</em>. New York: Asia Society; distributed by New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, CT, 1968.
page_number
cat. no. 47, p. 110.
citation
Chen, Mengjia 陳夢家 and Matsumaru Michio 松丸道雄改1977. <em>In Shū seidōki bunrui zuroku</em> [殷周青銅器分類図錄 = A Corpus of Chinese Bronzes in American Collections]. Tōkyō: Kyuko Shoin 汲古書院, 1977.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 697.
citation
Little, Stephen. “Chinese Calligraphy.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 9 (November 1987): 372–403.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 372–373
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-05-29 06:05:31.064000
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117465
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Chinese Art
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China - Zhou Dynasty
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bronze
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