id: 111506 accession number: 1929.984 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.984 updated: Wine Vessel (Hu), early 400s BC. China, Warring States period (475-221 BC). Bronze with gold inlay; diameter: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); diameter of mouth: 10.1 cm (4 in.); overall: 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.984 title: Wine Vessel (Hu) title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: early 400s BC creation date earliest: -500 creation date latest: -475 current location: 241A Arts of Ancient China creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: China, Warring States period (475-221 BC) technique: bronze with gold inlay department: Chinese Art collection: China - Zhou Dynasty type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Diameter: 24.1 cm (9 1/2 in.); Diameter of mouth: 10.1 cm (4 in.); Overall: 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Silver Jubilee Exhibition opening date: 1941-06-23T04:00:00 The Silver Jubilee Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-September 28, 1941). title: Chinese Art of Late Eastern Chou Dynasty opening date: 1962-11-13T05:00:00 Chinese Art of Late Eastern Chou Dynasty. Chinese Art Society of America, New York, NY (organizer) (November 13-December 11, 1962). title: Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia opening date: 1990-07-24T04:00:00 Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 24-November 25, 1990). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, Exhibition of Far Eastern Art, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, December 19, 1929-January 19, 1930 (2652.1929).
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Exhibition of Chinese Bronzes, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, October 19-November 27, 1938, no. 187.
Chinese Art Society of America, The Art of Eastern Chou, New York, China Institute in America, November 13-December 11, 1962, no. 47.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, July 24-December 30, 1990, no. 6. --- PROVENANCE Acquired in China for Yamanaka & Company date: before 1929 footnotes: citations: (Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) date: by 1929 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1929-present date: 1929- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: By the time this wine vessel was cast, bronzes were increasingly losing their ritual significance and becoming symbols of prestige and conspicuous consumption. This globular jar (hu) reflects the splendor and luxury of the time. The jar is decorated with free-flowing scrollwork and interlaced zoomorphic motifs. Cast depressions were first made on the bronze surface and then inlaid with gold. A graceful fluidity is achieved by the many sweeping lines, curves, and tendril-like networks covering the round body. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 8 (1990): 286-323. page number: Reproduced: p. 293, 313 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.984/1929.984_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.984/1929.984_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.984/1929.984_full.tif