Wine Vessel (Hu)
c. 1000–900 BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Wine Vessel (Hu), c. 1000–900 BC. China, early Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046-771 BC). Bronze; overall: 46.1 cm (18 1/8 in.); without cover: 41.7 cm (16 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.61 This vessel was cast by the cire perdue, or lost wax, process.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 46.1 cm (18 1/8 in.); without cover: 41.7 cm (16 7/16 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: inscription inside top (cup): 事从作壺 Translation: Shi cong zuo hu Remark: There are 4 characters in archaic script inside the bottom of the cup, which say “Shi Cong made hu,” which means that it was either made for or by a man named Shi Cong or for an official with the family name of Cong.
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.61
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241A Arts of Ancient China
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