Harvard Art Museums > 1944.57.20: Ritual Wine Vessel (Hu) with Inlaid Decoration of Dragons and Animals Vessels Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Ritual Wine Vessel (Hu) with Inlaid Decoration of Dragons and Animals , 1944.57.20,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 25, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/203945. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1944.57.20 Title Ritual Wine Vessel (Hu) with Inlaid Decoration of Dragons and Animals Classification Vessels Work Type vessel Date second half 5th century BCE Places Creation Place: East Asia, China Period Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE Culture Chinese Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/203945 Physical Descriptions Medium Cast bronze with malachite and copper inlays Dimensions H. 35.5 x Diam. 25.8 cm (14 x 10 3/16 in.) Provenance Recorded Ownership History Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944. Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous gift Accession Year 1944 Object Number 1944.57.20 Division Asian and Mediterranean Art Contact am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Exhibition of Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Buddhist Art Dating from Shang Dynasty 1766 B.C. to Yuan Dynasty A.D. 1367, auct. cat., Yamanaka & Co. (New York, NY, October 1938), p. 52, no. 45 Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu (A corpus of Chinese bronzes in American Collections), Kyuko Shoin (Tokyo, Japan, 1977), A 728 Jenny So, Eastern Zhou Ritual Bronzes from the Arthur M. Sackler Collections, Arthur M. Sackler Foundation (New York, NY, 1995), p. 49, fig. 78 Exhibition History S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of Asian and Mediterranean Art at am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
