Greenware wine vessel, or hu, with serpent-like decoration

Details

• Title

  Greenware wine vessel, or hu, with serpent-like decoration

• Associated place

  Asia › China › Zhejiang province › Yue kiln-sites (place of creation)

• Date

  2nd century BC - 1st century AD (200 BC - AD 100)
  Han Dynasty (c. 206 BC - AD 220)

• Material and technique

  stoneware, with incised decoration under a green glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  marked › incised;

  glazed

• Object type

  religious/ritual equipment › religious/ritual vessel › hu;

  stimulant/narcotic equipment › alcohol equipment › wine-vessel

• Dimensions

  36.2 cm (height)
  28.6 cm max. (diameter)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by Sir Herbert Ingram, 1956.

• Museum location

  Ground floor | Gallery 10 | China to AD 800

• Museum department

  Eastern Art

• Accession no.

  EA1956.926

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