Minneapolis Institute of Art

Hu storage jar

China

Date

4th-3rd century BCE

Medium

Burnished earthenware with incised decor

Department

Asian Art

Institution

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Late Zhou potters freely borrowed ritual bronze vessel shapes. Animal and geometric designs are incised into the sides of this clay vessel. These, along with the applied mask handles, imitate a type of inlaid bronze hu associated with northern fifth and fourth century BCE bronze workshops. China, Asia

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