Hu (wine storage jar) with two taotie mask handles at the shoulder / Artist Unknown, China

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Accession Number: 1971/2.68
Title: Hu (wine storage jar) with two taotie mask handles at the shoulder
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Medium and Support: stoneware with ash glaze
Object Creation Date: 206 BCE - 0 CE
Object Creation Place: Asia (continent); China (nation)
Creation Place 1: Asia (continent)
Creation Place 2: China (nation)
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene for The Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jewett Greene Memorial Collection
Period: China, Western Han Period (206 BCE-9 CE)
Dimensions: 34 cm x 23.2 cm x 23.2 cm (13 3/8 in. x 9 1/8 in. x 9 1/8 in.)
Century: 3rd-1st century BCE
Primary Object Classification: Ceramic
Primary Object Type: wine jar
Primary Keywords: ceramics; jar; vessels for serving drinks; wine bottle
Secondary Keywords: bottles; bottles by function; containers; containers by form; containers by function or context; containers for serving and consuming food; culinary containers; descriptors; object genres; object genres by material; objects we use; vessels; vessels for serving and consuming food
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 614 x 931
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Record: 1971/2.68
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Full citation: "Hu (wine storage jar) with two taotie mask handles at the shoulder; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.68/1971_2.68.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024.