Covered Bottle (baoping)
- Culture
- Chinese
- Dynasty
- Tang dynasty, 618–907
- Date
- 7th century
- Material
- Bronze and silver
- Classification
- Containers, metalwork
- Collection
- Asian Art
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 9 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. (24.8 x 9.5 cm)
diameter of lip: 2 in. (5.1 cm) - Credit Line
- Museum Purchase
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 387:1919
Provenance
- 1919
Yamanaka & Co., Ltd. [Yamanaka Sadajirō (1866–1936)], Kyoto, Japan [1]
1919 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Yamanaka & Co., Ltd. through William K. Bixby (1857–1931) [2]
Notes:
[1] Invoice of sale from Yamanaka & Co., Ltd. dated June 26, 1919 [SLAM document files for 252:1919]. This purchase is also documented in William K. Bixby, Note-book of a Journey to Japan, Korea and China, 1919 (St. Louis, Mo.: Privately printed for the family and friends of W. K. Bixby, 1921), pp. 76–78, under the diary entry for Saturday, July 26, 1919.
[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, May 2, 1919.
Yamanaka & Co., Ltd. [Yamanaka Sadajirō (1866–1936)], Kyoto, Japan [1]
1919 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, purchased from Yamanaka & Co., Ltd. through William K. Bixby (1857–1931) [2]
Notes:
[1] Invoice of sale from Yamanaka & Co., Ltd. dated June 26, 1919 [SLAM document files for 252:1919]. This purchase is also documented in William K. Bixby, Note-book of a Journey to Japan, Korea and China, 1919 (St. Louis, Mo.: Privately printed for the family and friends of W. K. Bixby, 1921), pp. 76–78, under the diary entry for Saturday, July 26, 1919.
[2] Minutes of the Administrative Board of Control of the City Art Museum, May 2, 1919.
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