Tripod Food Vessel with Trilobed Body (li ding) with Design of Zoomorphic Masks and Spiral Patterns
- Culture
- Chinese
- Dynasty
- Shang dynasty, c.1600–c.1046 BCE
- Date
- 12th–11th century BCE
- Material
- Bronze
- Classification
- Containers, metalwork
- Collection
- Asian Art
- Current Location
- On View, Gallery 233
- Dimensions
- height: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm)
width across handles: 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm)
depth: 6 5/8 in. (16.8 cm)
weight: 5 lb. (2.3 kg) - Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Charles Kunkel
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 288:1955
Provenance
by 1938
Yamanaka & Co., Inc. [Yamanaka Sadajirō (1866–1936)], New York, NY, USA [1]
- 1950
Dr. J. William Beckmann [Jay William Beckmann] [Jacob William Beckmann] (1898–1950), New York, NY [2]
1950 - 1955
Mrs. Charles Kunkel [Anna Elizabeth Beckmann Kunkel (1875–1969)], Webster Groves, MO, USA, by inheritance from her brother, Dr. J. William Beckmann [3]
1955 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mrs. Charles Kunkel [4]
Notes:
[1] This object is published in Yamanaka & Co., Inc., Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Buddhist Art: Dating from Shang Dynasty 1766 B.C. to Yuan Dynasty A.D. 1367: October 1938 in Third Floor Galleries (New York: Yamanaka & Co., Inc., 1938), p. 9, cat. no. 9 (catalogue entry), and p. 44, cat. no. 9 (halftone illustration).
[2] Dr. J. William Beckmann died in New York, NY, on September 8, 1950. Selected objects from his collection were brought to the City Art Museum of Saint Louis on November 21, 1950 (see Entry No. E6558); they were placed on indefinite loan by his two sisters, Mrs. Charles Kunkel, Jr. [Anna Elizabeth Beckmann Kunkel] (1875–1969) and Leona J. Beckmann (1894–1984), who served as joint executors of the estate as Dr. Beckmann was unmarried and had no heirs. This object, which is recorded on the list of received items as Entry No. E6558.18, is subsequently also listed in an appraisal of the estate of Dr. J. William Beckmann undertaken by Richard B. Draper of Draper and Draper, Des Peres, Missouri, entitled "Appraisal of a Portion of the Estate of J. William Beckmann Deposited at the City Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri" dated March 14, 1953 [SLAM document files].
[3] Mrs. Charles Kunkel [Anna Elizabeth Beckmann Kunkel] was a sister of Dr. J. William Beckmann and she acquired the object upon the settlement of his estate.
[4] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, October 6, 1955.
Yamanaka & Co., Inc. [Yamanaka Sadajirō (1866–1936)], New York, NY, USA [1]
- 1950
Dr. J. William Beckmann [Jay William Beckmann] [Jacob William Beckmann] (1898–1950), New York, NY [2]
1950 - 1955
Mrs. Charles Kunkel [Anna Elizabeth Beckmann Kunkel (1875–1969)], Webster Groves, MO, USA, by inheritance from her brother, Dr. J. William Beckmann [3]
1955 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Mrs. Charles Kunkel [4]
Notes:
[1] This object is published in Yamanaka & Co., Inc., Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Buddhist Art: Dating from Shang Dynasty 1766 B.C. to Yuan Dynasty A.D. 1367: October 1938 in Third Floor Galleries (New York: Yamanaka & Co., Inc., 1938), p. 9, cat. no. 9 (catalogue entry), and p. 44, cat. no. 9 (halftone illustration).
[2] Dr. J. William Beckmann died in New York, NY, on September 8, 1950. Selected objects from his collection were brought to the City Art Museum of Saint Louis on November 21, 1950 (see Entry No. E6558); they were placed on indefinite loan by his two sisters, Mrs. Charles Kunkel, Jr. [Anna Elizabeth Beckmann Kunkel] (1875–1969) and Leona J. Beckmann (1894–1984), who served as joint executors of the estate as Dr. Beckmann was unmarried and had no heirs. This object, which is recorded on the list of received items as Entry No. E6558.18, is subsequently also listed in an appraisal of the estate of Dr. J. William Beckmann undertaken by Richard B. Draper of Draper and Draper, Des Peres, Missouri, entitled "Appraisal of a Portion of the Estate of J. William Beckmann Deposited at the City Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri" dated March 14, 1953 [SLAM document files].
[3] Mrs. Charles Kunkel [Anna Elizabeth Beckmann Kunkel] was a sister of Dr. J. William Beckmann and she acquired the object upon the settlement of his estate.
[4] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, October 6, 1955.
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