12th century BCE
H. 30.2 x W. 20.1 x D. 17.6 cm (11 7/8 x 7 15/16 x 6 15/16 in.) Weight 6020.02 g (lid 2476.33 g, vessel 3543.69 g)
[C. T. Loo & Co., New York, March 17, 1942] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1942-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Earthenware
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with gray-green patina; with an inscription cast on both the vessel floor and lid interior
14th-11th century BCEChineseGray stoneware with carved relief decoration
12th-11th century BCEChineseCast bronze with patina and encrustation
12th-11th century BCEChineseBrownish-gray earthenware with cord-marked surface
2nd millennium BCEChineseGray earthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseRed earthenware
2nd millennium BCEChineseReddish buff earthenware with appliqué handles and cord-impressed decoration. Upper Yellow River Valley area; Gansu Qinghai, or Shaanxi province or Inner Mongolia.
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseCast bronze with greenish patina; with inscription cast on the interior
14th-11th century BCEChineseEarthenware with cord impressed decoration
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChineseEarthenware with slip-painted decoration
2nd-1st millennium BCEChineseBlack earthenware
3rd-2nd millennium BCEChinese