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Rogers who asked to remain anonymous"},{"label":"Genre","value":["Artifacts"]},{"label":"Object Location","value":"12.A.2"},{"label":"Date","value":"D:00 M:00 Y:1875 - D:00 M:00 Y:1925"},{"label":"Date Original","value":"Late 19th-early 20th century"},{"label":"Era","value":["Qing dynasty"]},{"label":"Measurement","value":"Height: 35.5 cm; Width of the widest part of the body: 25 cm (approximate); Thickness 8 mm"},{"label":"Medium","value":["Cast-iron with a charcoal grey color","Metal"]},{"label":"Country of Origin","value":["China"]},{"label":"Description","value":"Chinese sculptures have been fashioned out of every conceivable material-pottery stone, brick, clay, wood, bronze, and cast-iron-in a variety of themes. The medieval Chinese dynasties saw great advances in metallurgy that were far ahead of such technology in Europe. Cast-iron vessels were produced in China as early as the Tang period and continued into modern times, but it seems to have been during the early Song that they were especially popular. Evidences of cast-iron objects were found from this period. This vessel is a large cast-iron 'provincial you' (as opposed to the 'metropolitan bronze' type on which it was based). Its form derives from the archetype of the ancient bronze you ritual wine vessel. The cauldron is a single-piece casting poured from a single melt of modern cast-iron foundry practices, not consistent with a form of cast-iron known to have been widely produced by ancient Chinese metal casters. The vessel has a charcoal grey color. The low-dome cover of this vessel is surmounted by a stemmed knob that has the same shape of the mouthrim and the foot. The vessel and its cover are decorated in three registers, all of similar design. The decorative register on the top of the vessel body consists of two horned and long tailed dragons in confrontation at the high medial in the shape of protruding faces of bats, face-to-face and tail-to-tail. The designs of the shorter ornamental registers on the cover and the foot are similar to that above it, differing only in its slightly compacted quality. A swinging handle broadly arches over the vessel along its long axis and joins two opposing rings. It is formed of two twisted strands or cords braided into a single unit under heat and hammer. At the two ends of the handles are abstract high-relief carvings of two heads of bats that protrude just below the neck line. The style of this handle is relatively new and unusual. Two flat and plain flanges divide the body to two side panels. They are convex to reflect the bulging shape of the belly and have a nearly rectangular cross section. At the two sides of each flange are large anomalous shapes in high-relief that suggest the bodies and tails of the dragons. The leiwen (the thunder pattern), the cicada, and the key-ret motives serve as the decorative background and cover the smooth and bulging body. Some of these design elements are misaligned. The vessel is enriched with two abstract taotie masks similar to those appearing on archaic bronze vessels, one on each side. They exceed a large fraction of the body. Two recumbent C-shaped horns are beveled and rise prominently over the mask. They have high, protruding and staring, stamped, embossed eyes with low-relief hooked brows detailed by intaglio lines. A slightly raised middle ridge suggests the nose with flared nasal crests that connect directly to the heavy hinged jaws. The evident traces of the two missing sharp-tipped ears on the sides of the masks hint that perhaps the separate molds used to make them had been inserted on the taotie mask; they simply detached over time. The imposing body is supported by a sturdy foot that is elevated from the ground by a plain footring and separated from the upper foot by a sharp undercut rim. The inside bottom edge has been left rough. It shows an extensively flaky patch of dull ochre color that may have been caused by some kind of dirt deposit. While the whole inside surface has a strong uniform glossy bright-green color that is an undoubtedly simulated patina made of an enamel-type material, the outside surface has no trace of this patina on it, only very faintly at the foot.* Cast-iron objects are more brittle and lack tensile strength. In some areas on the surface of the vessel, the iron corrodes and exposes an underlayer of bright metal and a noticeable rupture at the neck of the vessel. This you container has a bold and grotesque shape. The carving style is rather negligent and simplistic. There is a lack of intricacy of decoration that is characteristic of its predecessors. The character of the carving is of a cruder and less artistic type, easily discerned to the expert when compared with the truly archaic types. The aesthetic qualities of Chinese sculptures reflect the evolution in style and materials that imply substantial changes in society and religious beliefs. The reasons for these changes are not obvious. It is evident that in the long history of Chinese art, political upheavals and social transformation have always led the patronage and artisans to re-examine ritual practices and the functions of the art objects. In recent times, early Chinese bronze forms were reproduced for the market. This you vessel is not an archaic bronze for ritual purposes and may have been created in recent times as a decorative object by the people lived in the Eastern or Southern China who continued to use shapes and motifs that were eliminated or no longer made during those changes. The persistence of ancient bronze and jade forms, both for genuine ritual uses and to fill the showcases of collectors is remarkable. * Ancient bronzes should always be covered with the patina that makes them valuable (The Chinese are particularly fond of this colorful coating, and preserve it intact.)"},{"label":"Title","value":"Large you vessel"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Materials available through GettDigital encompass a wide range of works, many of which are in the public domain. However, some items may still be protected by copyright or other intellectual property rights. Users are responsible for determining the copyright status of materials and ensuring compliance with all applicable laws when reproducing or publishing these works. Items in our GettDigital Collections are for educational use. For assistance in understanding rights, obtaining permissions, or requesting files for publication or research purposes, please contact us at <a href=\"www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist\">www.gettysburg.edu/special-collections/ask-an-archivist</a>"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/625"}],"description":"Large you vessel","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/be42415d-5159-453c-80e1-2096438d3cbd/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"gaa_large-you-vessel_r10_623","height":768,"width":512,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/e87316fd-b2a4-464f-81c4-8642d88e2aa1/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/e87316fd-b2a4-464f-81c4-8642d88e2aa1","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1,2]}]},"height":768,"width":512},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/be42415d-5159-453c-80e1-2096438d3cbd/canvas/_1","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"gaa_large-you-vessel_r10_623"},{"label":"Title","value":"Front"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/623"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/e87316fd-b2a4-464f-81c4-8642d88e2aa1/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}},{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/be42415d-5159-453c-80e1-2096438d3cbd/canvas/_2","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"gaa_r10_2","height":768,"width":512,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/a13876f1-5c57-4250-a064-25d2837608fe/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/a13876f1-5c57-4250-a064-25d2837608fe","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"},"height":768,"width":512},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/be42415d-5159-453c-80e1-2096438d3cbd/canvas/_2","metadata":[{"label":"Identifier","value":"gaa_r10_2"},{"label":"Title","value":"Back"},{"label":"Reference URL","value":"http://cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4016coll6/id/624"}]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/a13876f1-5c57-4250-a064-25d2837608fe/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/e87316fd-b2a4-464f-81c4-8642d88e2aa1/full/300,300/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/gettysburg/iiif/logo"}