Tripod Food Container (Ding), Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1050-771 B.C.), early 9th century B.C.
Bronze
49.0 x 43.0 cm (19 3/8 x 16 15/16 in.)
yes
Major Acquisitions Centennial Fund, 2005.426
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Publication History
Wu Dacheng, Kezhai ji gu lu [Collection of Ancient Inscriptions by Kezhai], reprint of 1918 catalogue, together with Shiwen shenggao [Additional draft exegeses of inscriptions]. Shanghai: Shangwu Yinshuguan, 1930), vol. 5, no. 7; Shiwen shenggao, no. 29.
Chen Rentao, Jin Kui lun gu chu ji [Essays on Chinese antiquities—The First Album of King-kwei’s Collection with Explanations]. (Hong Kong: Asiatic Litho. Press, 1952), no. 6, pp. 57-61.
Jessica Rawson, Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections (New York and Cambridge: Arthur M. Sackler Foundation and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 1990), vol. 2, p. 297, fig. 21.6.
Jay Xu, “Shi Wang Ding,” Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies 32, 1 (2006), pp. 30-31 (colorpl.)
Ownership History
Allegedly acquired by Zuo Zongtang (1812-85) during the Mohammaden Rebellion (1862-77); gifted by Zuo to unknown collector; subsequently passed to two successive (unknown) collectors; acquired by Chen Rentao [Chen Jen Dao, Ch’en Jen-t’ao] (1906-68); by descent to his son, Chen Tai Chai. Sold by Chen Tai Chai through Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, to the Art Institute, 2005.