Ritual Vessel
C243
Location: On Display in the Asia Galleries
From: China
Curatorial Section: Asian
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Native Name
Hu (Chinese vessel type)
Object Number
C243
Current Location
Asia Galleries - On Display
Culture
Chinese
Provenience
China
Period
Warring States | Zhou Dynasty
Date Made
Late Zhou Dynasty - Warring States
Section
Asian
Materials
Copper Alloy | Bronze | Malachite | Pigment
Technique
Inlaid | Cast | Relief
Iconography
Taotie
Inscription Language
Chinese Language
Description
'Chen Zhang' fanghu. Bronze four sided fanghu, or square jar, inlaid with green malachite in a delicate pattern with much of the malachite now lost. There are two bronze ring handles held in the mouths of archaic monster masks (taotie) modelled in low relief on each side of the vessel. An ancient graffito of twenty nine characters engraved just above the base records the capture of the vessel by Chen Zhang (also known as Tian Zhang, Zhangzi, and Kuang Zhang) as booty from an attack on the state of Yan in 315 BCE.
Height
37.2 cm
Width
21 cm
Depth
21 cm
Credit Line
Purchased from C. T. Loo, 1916
Current & Past Exhibitions
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