Wine container (hu) with birds and dragons

Object Details

• Description

  Vessel of the type hu. Stand. Decorations cast in relief and countersunk relief; 2 annular handles on shoulder and 1 near base; inlays of turquoise; green patination and earthy incrustations.

• Provenance

  To 1924

  Lee Sung-shan, Beijing to 1924 [1]

  From 1924

  Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from Lee Sung-shan, Beijing through Carl Whiting Bishop in 1924 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file, undated folder sheet note.

  [2] See note 1. Also see Original Bishop List, No. B-9, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Added to the collection by Mr. A. G. Wenley.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Previous custodian or owner

  Lee Sung-shan

• Origin

  China

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Vessel

• Restrictions and Rights

  CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  BCE 0s

• Name

  Sung-shan, Lee

• Place

  China

• Topic

  Bronze, Wine and wine making, Art, Animals, Sculpture, Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE), Chinese Art, Birds, Spring and Autumn period (770 - 476 BCE), Carl Whiting Bishop collection, Dragon, Metal-work

• Culture

  Chinese

• Object Type

  Vessels (containers)