Inscription: Inscribed: Da Ming Yongle nian shi (bestowed in the Yongle era of the great Ming)

[ J. J. Lally & Co. , New York, until 2001; sold to MMA]

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "The Douglas Dillon Legacy: Chinese Painting for the Metropolitan Museum," March 12–August 8, 2004.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Defining Yongle, Imperial Art in Early Fifteenth-Century China," April 1–July 10, 2005.

College of the Holy Cross. "Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam," January 25, 2010–April 10, 2010.

Loyola University Museum of Art. "Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam," August 20, 2010–November 14, 2010.

Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art. "Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam," January 26, 2011–May 20, 2011.

Rubin Museum of Art. "Pilgrimage and Faiths: Christianity, Buddhism, and Islam," July 1, 2011–October 30, 2011.

New York. Rubin Museum of Art. "Faith and Empire," February 1–July 15, 2019.

New York. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900," February 27, 2025–September 28, 2025.

Watt, James C. Y., and Denise Patry Leidy. Defining Yongle: Imperial Art in Early Fifteenth-Century China. Exh. cat. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2005, pp. 70–71, pl. 25.

Raguin, Virginia C., Dina Bangdel, and F. E. Peters, eds. Pilgrimage and Faith: Buddhism, Christianity, and Islam. Exh. cat. Chicago: Serindia Publications, 2010, p. 68, fig. 7.

Pengliang Lu. Recasting the Past: The Art of Chinese Bronzes, 1100–1900. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2025, pp. 156, 278, fig. 81.