Covered hu (wine storage jar) / Artist Unknown, China

About this Item

Accession Number: 1971/2.69
Title: Covered hu (wine storage jar)
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Medium and Support: earthenware with green lead glaze
Object Creation Date: 206 BCE - 220 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, Han dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE)
Dimensions: 29 cm x 20 cm x 20 cm (11 7/16 in. x 7 7/8 in. x 7 7/8 in.)
Primary Object Classification: Ceramic
Primary Object Type: jar
Secondary Object Classification: Ritual Objects
Physical Description: lead glazed hu storage jar with lid, flared mouth and spherical body with two raised band.
Subject Matter: wine storage jar, usually discovered in well-furnished Han tombs of local elite
Primary Keywords: funerary art; jar; wine-bottles
Secondary Keywords: art genres; artistic concepts; associated concepts; bottles; bottles by function; concepts in the arts; containers; containers by form; objects we use; people and culture; vessels
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 2677 x 3682
File Size: 1 MB
Record: 1971/2.69
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.69/1971_2_69ab.jpg

In public portfolios: Before 1492 (500); Death and dying (500); Grief and mourning rituals (178); Heavens, hells, and afterlives (132)

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Full citation: "Covered hu (wine storage jar); Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1971-sl-2.69/1971_2_69ab.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.