1944.57.20: Ritual Wine Vessel (Hu) with Inlaid Decoration of Dragons and Animals

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

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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

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