About the Artwork
Covered Vessel (Kuei)
between 1368 and 1644
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Chinese
Chinese
Copper alloy
7 3/4 × 12 1/2 × 9 1/4 inches (19.7 × 31.8 × 23.5 cm)
Metalwork
Asian Art
Gift of K. T. Keller
63.216
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
"In the Ch'en year of Chêng-tê (Chengde), on a lucky day of the third month of spring (cast) at the expense of the prefect of Ou-yang To of Yen-p'ing Fu."
Provenance
1928, Jan Kleykamp (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
K. T. Keller, [1885 - 1966] (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
1963-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Chinese, Covered Vessel (Kuei), between 1368 and 1644, copper alloy. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of K. T. Keller, 63.216.
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