Wine Vessel (Hu)
early 400s BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Wine Vessel (Hu), early 400s BC. China, Warring States period (475-221 BC). Bronze with gold inlay; diameter: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); diameter of mouth: 10.1 cm (4 in.); overall: 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.984
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze with gold inlay
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); Diameter of mouth: 10.1 cm (4 in.); Overall: 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1929.984
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, Chinese Art of Late Eastern Chou Dynasty, Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia, Cleveland Museum of Art, Exhibition of Far Eastern Art, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, December 19, 1929-January 19, 1930 (2652.1929).<br>Metropolitan Museum of Art, Exhibition of Chinese Bronzes, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 19-November 27, 1938, no. 187.<br>Chinese Art Society of America, The Art of Eastern Chou, New York, China Institute in America, November 13-December 11, 1962, no. 47.<br>Cleveland Museum of Art, Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, July 24-December 30, 1990, no. 6.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241A Arts of Ancient China
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