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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.52.116
Title
Ritual Wine Vessel (Hu) with Two Taotie-Mask Ring-Handles
Classification
Vessels
Work Type
vessel
Date
late 6th cent. BCE - early 5th cent. BCE
Places
Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period
Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period, 770-476 BCE
Culture
Chinese
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/204348

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Cast bronze with gray-green patina
Dimensions
46.9 x 41.8 cm (18 7/16 x 16 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Yamanaka & Co., New York, 4/22/1941] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1941-1943), bequest; to Harvard Art Museums, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.52.116
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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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 710

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