Hu (Jar)
481–221 BC
Maker Unknown
Chinese Art
Hu (Jar), 481–221 BC. China, Eastern Zhou dynasty (771-256 BC), Warring States period (475-221 BC). Bronze; overall: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1975.62 On the vessel’s shoulders are applied taotie masks from which stem vertical loops for holding the vessel possibly with a rope.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- bronze
- Medium
- bronze
- Dimensions
- Overall: 25.5 cm (10 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Chinese Art
- Accession Number
- 1975.62
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- <em>Chinesische Kunst: zweihundert Hauptwerke der Ausstellung der Gesellschaft für Ostasiatische Kunst </em>[Chinese art; two hundred main works from the exhibition of the Society for East Asian Art]. Der Preussischen Akademie der Künste [Prussian Academy of Arts], Berlin, Germany (1929)., <em>Bronzes Chinois</em>. Musée de l'Orangerie. Paris, France (May-June 1934)., <em>International Exhibition of Chinese Art. </em>Burlington House, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England (November 1935-March 1936)., <em>Ancient Chinese bronzes from the Stoclet and Wessén Collections</em>. Eskenazi Ltd., London, England (June 11-July 12, 1975).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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