Vase

C76

From: China

Curatorial Section: Asian

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Object Number C76
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Chinese
Provenience China
Period Ming Dynasty
Section Asian
Materials Bronze
Description

Bronze vase. Hexagonal. Round body with trigrams on it. Possibly related to the game of touhu 投壺, or pitch pot, involving the throwing of arrows into a vase with multiple openings. The surrounding openings, however, are noticebly absent.

Credit Line Purchased from Spink & Son, 1914
Other Number Getz 93 - Other Number | 9 - Field No SF | A1503 - Old Museum Number

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