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Jar (hu)
Unattributed · Western Zhou dynasty, 927–850 B.C.
Provenance
Ownership history
- German collector; private collection, Europe, 1999; through Kunsthaus Lempertz, Kohn, Dec. 7-8, 2007, [sale cat. lot 939; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to a private collection; through Christie’s, New York, Sep. 17, 2008, [sale cat. pp. 26–27 lot 555; copy in curatorial object file]; sold to Fred Eychaner and Tommy Yang Guo; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 2008.
Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.
Literature
Published references
- <em>Asian Art Council Newsletter<em>, vol. VI, no. 1 (Spring 2009), cover (ill.) and 6.
- <em>Annual Report</em> 2008–2009 (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 19, 96, cover (ill.), 96.
- Elinor Pearlstein, “Wine Flask (Hu),” in Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, <em>Museum Studies</em> 35, 2 (Art Institute of Chicago, 2009), 32 (ill.), 33.
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