Architectural Fitting (Gong)

Art Institute of Chicago

Architectural Fitting (Gong)

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Date
Western Zhou dynasty, c.1050–770 B.C.
Medium
Bronze
Culture
China
Department
Arts of Asia
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
86387

This is one of sixteen hollow bronze fittings in the museum's collection that together comprise rectangular, L-shaped, and cylindrical pieces. In 1973, fittings of similar shape and design were excavated from the site of a palace of the 7th century B.C. in modern-day Fengxiang, Shaanxi province in north China. Most show tightly interlaced surface patterns like those cast in this piece. Archaeologists have conjectured that these fittings, some of which preserve traces of wood, originally served as collars and sleeves that had been socketed over a framework of timber columns and tie beams embedded into the earthen walls. Some of these pieces may originally have been stuffed with silk to tighten them.

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Credit line
Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection
Provenance
Dr. Berthold Laufer (1874–1934), Germany; sold to Kate Sturges Buckingham (1858–1937), Chicago, [Kate served as executor of her sister Lucy Maud Buckingham's estate and continued expanding Lucy's collection following her death in 1920] Nov. 7, 1923; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, Feb. 20, 1924.

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AAT300411548

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