- Identification and Creation
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- Object Number
- 1959.49
- Title
- 'Gu' Ritual Wine Vessel with 'Taotie' and Stylized Dragon Decor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 13th-12th century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Shang dynasty, c. 1600-c. 1050 BCE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203272
- Location
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Level 3, Room 3620, University Study Gallery
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- Medium
- Cast bronze
- Dimensions
- H. 27.5 x Diam. 16 cm (10 13/16 x 6 5/16 in.)
- Provenance
- Mrs. Frederick B. Jennings, Ipswich, MA (by 1959), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1959.
- Acquisition and Rights
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- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of Mrs. Frederick B. Jennings
- Accession Year
- 1959
- Object Number
- 1959.49
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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- Exhibition History
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