Ritual wine vessel, or hu

Details

• Title

  Ritual wine vessel, or hu

• 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 yellow-brown glaze

• Material index

  processed material › ceramic › pottery › stoneware

• Technique index

  glazed

• Object type

  stimulant/narcotic equipment › alcohol equipment › wine-vessel;

  religious/ritual equipment › religious/ritual vessel › hu

• Dimensions

  34.5 cm (height)
  24.5 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.

  EA1956.909

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