id: 111506
accession number: 1929.984
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Wine Vessel (Hu), early 400s BCE. China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE). 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)
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creation date: early 400s BCE
creation date earliest: -500
creation date latest: -475
current location: 241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture: China, Warring States period (475–221 BCE)
technique: bronze with gold inlay
department: Chinese Art
collection: China - Zhou Dynasty
type: Metalwork
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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.)
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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).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Exhibition of Far Eastern Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (December 19, 1929-January 19, 1930).', 'opening_date': '1929-12-19T05:00:00Z'}
* {'description': 'Chinese Bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B.C.) Through the Tʻang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906); An Exhibition Lent by American Collectors and Museums and Shown in Gallery D6 from October 19 Through November 27. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (October 19-November 27, 1938).', 'opening_date': '1938-10-19T05:00:00Z'}
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PROVENANCE
Acquired in China for Yamanaka & Company
date: before 1929
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(Yamanaka & Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
date: by 1929
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1929–
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Warner, Langdon. “A Chinese Exhibition at Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs 56, no. 325 (April 1930): 205–211.
page number: p. 206
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/864278
Hollis, Howard C. “Two Early Chinese Bronzes.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 17, no. 7 (July 1930): 135–137, 130.
page number: Reproduced: p. 130
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25137316
Chinese Bronzes of the Shang (1766-1122 B.C.) Through the Tʻang Dynasty (A.D. 618-906); An Exhibition Lent by American Collectors and Museums and Shown in Gallery D6 from October 19 Through November 27. New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,1938.
page number: cat. no. 187
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Hollis, Howard. “Corrections in Previous Articles on Oriental Objects.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 32, no. 7 (1945): 141.
page number: Mentioned: p. 141
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141228
Bunker, Emmy Cadwalader. The Art of Eastern Chou, 772-221 B.C.: A Loan Exhibition [the China House, Nov. 13-Dec. 15, 1962]. New York, NY: Chinese Art Society of America, 1962.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 47,
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Chen, Mengjia 陳夢家, and Michio Matsumaru 松丸道雄改. In Shū seidōki bunrui zuroku [殷周青銅器分類図錄 = A corpus of Chinese bronzes in American collections]. Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, 1977.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: no. A732, illus. 1047
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Jenny So, "The Inlaid Bronzes of the Warring States Period," in Wen Fong ed., The Great Bronze Age of China. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980.
page number: Reproduced: fig. 98, p. 306
url: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15324coll10/id/107824
So, Jenny F. Bronze Styles of the Eastern Zhou Period. Ph.D. dissertation, Harvard University, 1982.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 6–8, 76; Reproduced: pl. 51, p. 29
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Hayashi, Minao 林已奈夫. In Shū seidōki sōran 殷周靑銅器綜覽. Vol 3. 春秋戰國時代青銅器の研究 [Study of bronzes of the Spring and Autumn Annals and the Warring States periods]. Tōkyō: Yoshikawa Kōbunkan, 1989.
page number: Reproduced: vol. 3, 129
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Wilson, J. Keith. "Powerful Form and Potent Symbol: The Dragon in Asia." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 77, no. 8 (October 1990): 286–323.
page number: Reproduced: p. 293, 313
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161297
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