Hu Ritual Vessel with Bird-script Design / Zhong Urn with Bird-script Design / Western Han; Creation date: ca. 113 BCE

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Work Title: Hu Ritual Vessel with Bird-script Design; Zhong Urn with Bird-script Design
Creator/Culture: Culture: Chinese
Site/Repository: Discovery location: Tomb of Prince Liusheng, Mancheng (Hebei Province, China); Repository: Hebei Provincial Museum (Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China)
Period/Date: Western Han; Creation date: ca. 113 BCE
Media/Technique: bronze, gold and silver inlay
Dimensions: height: 44.2 cm (17.4 inches), weight: 6.5 kg
Subjects: China; Tombs; Stokes, Edith Mintum Phelps (1867-1937); Grave goods; Artifacts; Vessels; Bronzes; Hu; Birds
Work Record ID: 543382
Image Record ID: 995207
Digital filename: 06d103672
Classification Filing Number: 153; H2 M22; 9MEn 5; cop.3*.r-digitalonly
Date Added/Updated: 2012-11-25 05:07:06

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Collection: History of Art, VRC Image Bank
Image Size: 1615 x 2038
File Size: 438 KB
Record: 995207
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-995207/06d103672

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Full citation: History of Art Department, Visual Resource Collections. Image 995207. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. URL: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/h/hart/x-995207/06d103672. April 28, 2024.