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Source Description
By the time this wine vessel was cast, bronzes were increasingly losing their ritual significance and becoming symbols of prestige and conspicuous consumption. This globular jar (<em>hu</em>) reflects the splendor and luxury of the time. The jar is decorated with free-flowing scrollwork and interlaced zoomorphic motifs. Cast depressions were first made on the bronze surface and then inlaid with gold. A graceful fluidity is achieved by the many sweeping lines, curves, and tendril-like networks covering the round body.
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111506
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Wine Vessel (Hu)
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111506
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object
title
Wine Vessel (Hu)
description
By the time this wine vessel was cast, bronzes were increasingly losing their ritual significance and becoming symbols of prestige and conspicuous consumption. This globular jar (<em>hu</em>) reflects the splendor and luxury of the time. The jar is decorated with free-flowing scrollwork and interlaced zoomorphic motifs. Cast depressions were first made on the bronze surface and then inlaid with gold. A graceful fluidity is achieved by the many sweeping lines, curves, and tendril-like networks covering the round body.
date
early 400s BCE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60778655
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Metalwork
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); Diameter of mouth: 10.1 cm (4 in.); Overall: 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.)
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China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
accession
1929.984
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bronze with gold inlay
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Wine Vessel (Hu), early 400s BCE. China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE). 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
collection
China - Zhou Dynasty
citations
citation
Warner, Langdon. “A Chinese Exhibition at Cleveland Museum of Art.” <em>The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs</em> 56, no. 325 (April 1930): 205–211.
page_number
p. 206
citation
Hollis, Howard C. “Two Early Chinese Bronzes.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 17, no. 7 (July 1930): 135–137, 130.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 130
citation
<em>Chinese Bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B.C.) Through the Tʻang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906); An Exhibition Lent by American Collectors and Museums and Shown in Gallery D6 from October 19 Through November 27</em>. New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,1938.
page_number
cat. no. 187
citation
Hollis, Howard. “Corrections in Previous Articles on Oriental Objects.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 32, no. 7 (1945): 141.
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Mentioned: p. 141
citation
Bunker, Emmy Cadwalader. <em>The Art of Eastern Chou, 772-221 B.C.: A Loan Exhibition [the China House, Nov. 13-Dec. 15, 1962]</em>. New York, NY: Chinese Art Society of America, 1962.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 47,
citation
Chen, Mengjia 陳夢家, and Michio Matsumaru 松丸道雄改. <em>In Shū seidōki bunrui zuroku </em>[殷周青銅器分類図錄 = A corpus of Chinese bronzes in American collections]. Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, 1977.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: no. A732, illus. 1047
citation
Jenny So, "The Inlaid Bronzes of the Warring States Period," in Wen Fong ed., <em>The Great Bronze Age of China</em>. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980.
page_number
Reproduced: fig. 98, p. 306
citation
So, Jenny F. <em>Bronze Styles of the Eastern Zhou Period</em>. Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1982.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 6–8, 76; Reproduced: pl. 51, p. 29
citation
Hayashi, Minao 林已奈夫. <em>In Shū seidōki sōran</em> 殷周靑銅器綜覽. Vol 3. 春秋戰國時代青銅器の研究 [Study of bronzes of the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Warring States periods]. Tōkyō: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1989.
page_number
Reproduced: vol. 3, 129
citation
Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 77, no. 8 (October 1990): 286–323.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 293, 313
creditline
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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2026-06-17 11:19:43.489000
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111506
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Chinese Art
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China - Zhou Dynasty
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bronze with gold inlay
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