Long-necked hu (wine storage jar) with taotie masks and ring handles / Artist Unknown, China

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Accession Number: 1997/1.243
Title: Long-necked hu (wine storage jar) with taotie masks and ring handles
Artist: Artist Unknown, China
Artist Nationality: Chinese
Medium and Support: bronze
Object Creation Date: 2nd century
Credit Line: Transfer from the School of Art and the College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Inscription: Havemeyer mark: 1466
Period: China, Han Period (206 BCE-220 CE)
Dimensions: 38.4 cm x 23 cm (15 1/8 in. x 9 1/16 in.)
Century: 2nd century
Primary Keywords: handles; vase
Secondary Keywords: objects we use; vessels
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Collection: University of Michigan Museum of Art
Image Size: 848 x 1238
File Size: 63 KB
Record: 1997/1.243
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Full citation: "Long-necked hu (wine storage jar) with taotie masks and ring handles; Artist Unknown, China." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1997-sl-1.243/1997_1.243.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024.