1943.52.121.A-B: Covered Ritual Wine Vessel (Hu) with Dragon Decor and with Two Taotie-Mask Ring-Handles

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1943.52.121.A-B

Title

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

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

475 BCE - 221 BCE

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Zhou dynasty, Warring States period, 475-221 BCE

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/204366

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Cast bronze with copper inlay

Technique

Inlaid

Dimensions

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

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

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

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.52.121.A-B

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Chen Mengjia, Yin Zhou qingtongqi fenlei tulu (A corpus of Chinese bronzes in American Collections), Kyuko Shoin (Tokyo, Japan, 1977), A 725
• Susan Costello, Katherine Eremin, and Francesca Bewer, "An investigation of repairs to Chinese bronze artefacts at the Harvard Art Museums", Holding It All Together: Ancient and Modern Approaches to Joining, Repair and Consolidation, ed. David Saunders, Archetype Publications (London, 2009), pp. 184-191, pp. 185-186, fig. 1

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