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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
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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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