Cauldron

1. Allegedly acquired by Zuo Zongtang (1812–1885) during the Mohammadan Rebellion (1862–1877); given by Zuo to an unidentified collector; passed through two successive, unidentified collectors [Chen 1952, 57–61, provides the information above]; acquired by Chen Rentao (Chen Jen-dao, Ch’en Jen-t’ao, 1906–1968); by descent to his son, Chen Tai Chai [Receipt from dealer, Chen Tai Chai certifies as the owner, the object had been in his father's collection since 1943 and physically in Hong Kong since 1947]. Sold by Chen Tai Chai through Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, to the Art Institute of Chicago, 2005.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Wu Dacheng, <em>Kezhai ji gu lu [Collection of Ancient Inscriptions by Kezhai] </em>, 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, <em> Jin Kui lun gu chu ji [Essays on Chinese Antiquities: The First Album of King-kwei’s Collection with Explanations] </em>, (Hong Kong: Asiatic Litho. Press, 1952), no. 6, 57–61.
• Jessica Rawson, <em>Western Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections </em> (New York and Cambridge: Arthur M. Sackler Foundation and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 1990), vol. 2, 295, 297, fig. 21.6.
• Jay Xu, “Shi Wang Ding,” in Gregory Nosan, ed., <em>Museum Studies</em> 32, 1: Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2006), 30–31 (color pl.).
• Jay Xu, “Captain Wang Speaks: The Re-emergence of a Western Zhou Ding,” <em>Orientations </em> 38, 6 (September 2007).
• <em>Art Institute of Chicago: Essential Guide </em>, rev. ed. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 83.