Covered Ritual Wine Vessel (Hu) with Dragon Decor and with Two Taotie-Mask Ring-Handles
VesselsChinese5th-3rd century BCE

Covered Ritual Wine Vessel (Hu) with Dragon Decor and with Two Taotie-Mask Ring-Handles

475 BCE - 221 BCE

Classification
Vessels
Technique
Inlaid
Medium
Cast bronze with copper inlay
Culture
Chinese
Period
Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE
Century
5th-3rd century BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

43 x 26 cm (16 15/16 x 10 1/4 in.)

Provenance

[Yamanaka and Company, New York, (by 1941)], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York and Lenox, MA (1941-1943), bequest; to Fogg Museum.

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