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.a The cylindrical "handles" suggest that the vessel was carried by a cord.
- 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.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1944.61.a
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 241A Arts of Ancient China
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