Large covered hu (wine storage jar) with molded taotie masks and painted designs of stylized clouds and Mount Penglai / Artist Unknown, China
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- Accession Number
- 1993/1.77.1-2
- Title
- Large covered hu (wine storage jar) with molded taotie masks and painted designs of stylized clouds and Mount Penglai
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, China
- Medium and Support
- grey earthenware with polychrome pigments
- Object Creation Date
- 1st century BCE
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- China (nation)
- Central Plains region
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- China (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Central Plains region
- Credit Line
- Gift of Domino's Pizza, Inc.
- Dimensions
- 56 cm x 33 cm x 25 cm (22 1/16 in. x 13 in. x 9 13/16 in.)
- Century
- 1st century BCE
- Primary Object Classification
- Ceramic
- Primary Object Type
- funerary jar
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ritual Objects
- Physical Description
- greyware jar with lid, pained with polychrome mystic cloud design, flared neck, globular body, tall foot
- Subject Matter
- mystical cloud of Taoist inspiration, once part of a set of food and wine vessels furnished the tombs of the well-to-do families as grave goods
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- containers by form
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- vessels
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 875 x 1361
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- 122 KB
- Record
- 1993/1.77.1-2
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"Large covered hu (wine storage jar) with molded taotie masks and painted designs of stylized clouds and Mount Penglai; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1993-sl-1.77.1-2/1993_1.77.1-2.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.
