Art Institute of Chicago
Flask (bianhu)
China
- Date
- Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period (475–221 B.C.)
- Medium
- Bronze inlaid with copper
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Arts of Asia
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
This canteen-shaped container was probably modeled after leather flasks designed to be slung from the shoulder by cords. The bricklike pattern of inlaid copper may allude to this cord wrapping. A stamp carved with a pattern of feather-curls was repeatedly impressed into the clay mold to create this intricate surface decoration.
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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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