Period:Eastern Zhou dynasty Production date:5thC BC-4thC BC (circa)
Materials:bronze
Technique:
Subjects:bird dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 6 centimetres (at lip) Height: 32 centimetres
Description:
Bronze vessel in the shape called hu. A tall slender flask, circular in cross-section, this hu is sharply bent to one side, seemingly in imitation of a leather bottle. Three narrow registers are packed with tiny s-shaped dragons. A bird-shaped lid, with an articulate beak, is attached by a chain to a bowed handle.
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Comments:Rawson 1987:A tall slender flask, circular in cross-section, this hu is sharply bent to one side, seemingly in imitation of a leather bottle. Three narrow registers are packed with tiny s-shaped dragons; such decoration is typical of the sixth century but probably persisted into the fifth century BC. A bird-shaped lid, with an articulate beak, is attached by a chain to a bowed handle.An earlier hu, much more like a leather bottle, with a full body and tightly angled neck, was discovered in a tomb in Hubei Sui Xian Bajialou. It carried deeply curved chevrons. Later examples are decorated with a wide variety of motifs in several different techniques. During the Eastern Zhou ceramic, leather and lacquer shapes were rendered in bronze as bronze-casting spread geographically and as the use of bronze was extended from ritual to secular items.
Materials:bronze
Technique:
Subjects:bird dragon
Dimensions:Diameter: 6 centimetres (at lip) Height: 32 centimetres
Description:
Bronze vessel in the shape called hu. A tall slender flask, circular in cross-section, this hu is sharply bent to one side, seemingly in imitation of a leather bottle. Three narrow registers are packed with tiny s-shaped dragons. A bird-shaped lid, with an articulate beak, is attached by a chain to a bowed handle.
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Comments:Rawson 1987:A tall slender flask, circular in cross-section, this hu is sharply bent to one side, seemingly in imitation of a leather bottle. Three narrow registers are packed with tiny s-shaped dragons; such decoration is typical of the sixth century but probably persisted into the fifth century BC. A bird-shaped lid, with an articulate beak, is attached by a chain to a bowed handle.An earlier hu, much more like a leather bottle, with a full body and tightly angled neck, was discovered in a tomb in Hubei Sui Xian Bajialou. It carried deeply curved chevrons. Later examples are decorated with a wide variety of motifs in several different techniques. During the Eastern Zhou ceramic, leather and lacquer shapes were rendered in bronze as bronze-casting spread geographically and as the use of bronze was extended from ritual to secular items.
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