id:			124056
accession number:	1944.61.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.61.a
updated:		2023-01-10 22:22:28.948000

Wine Vessel (Hu), c. 1000–900 BC. China, early Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046-771 BC). Bronze; overall: 46.1 cm (18 1/8 in.); without cover: 41.7 cm (16 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.61.a

title:				Wine Vessel (Hu)
title in original language:	壺
series:				
series in original language:	
creation date:			c. 1000–900 BC
creation date earliest:		-1000
creation date latest:		-900
current location:		241A Arts of Ancient China
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	China, early Western Zhou dynasty (c. 1046-771 BC)
technique:	bronze
department:	Chinese Art
collection:	China - Zhou Dynasty
type:		Metalwork
find spot:	
catalogue raisonne: 

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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 46.1 cm (18 1/8 in.); without cover: 41.7 cm (16 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Jörg Trübner [1903–1930] acquired in China, to his brother-in-law, Edgar Worch
	date: after 1925–by 1930
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	(Edgar Worch [1880–1972], sold to Gustave A. Voûte)
	date: c. 1930–?
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	Gustave A. Voûte [1886–1960], Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and Palo Alto, CA, consigned to Sotheby's New York for sale
	date: ? after 1930–1944
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	(Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York, NY, March 16–17, 1944 sale, lot no. 225)
	date: March 16–17, 1944
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	(C. T. Loo 盧芹齋 [1880–1957], Paris, France, and New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1944
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1944–
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fun fact:
The cylindrical "handles" suggest that the vessel was carried by a cord.

digital description:


wall description:
This tall, slender bronze wine vessel, called a <em>hu</em>, has three bands of ornamentation: one above the foot, one around the neck, and one on the cover. Stylized birds or phoenixes are in the band around the neck, while the band on the cover and foot feature geometric dragons. The dragon and the phoenix may represent the Yin and Yang and would be equally appropriate on a bronze of either secular or religious purposes. When inverted, the cover forms a cup. It likely held liquids like wine at festive banquets or religious ceremonies.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kümmel, Otto. <em>Jörg Trübner zum Gedächtnis. Ergebnisse seiner letzten chinesischen Reisen</em>. Berlin: Klinkhardt &amp; Biermann, 1930.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pl. 18 and 19
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	Sotheby Parke Bernet Inc., New York. <em>Oriental Art</em>. March 16–17, 1944. Lot 225.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: pp. 46–47, lot no. 225
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	Hollis, Howard. “A Chinese Bronze Vessel.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 32, no. 7 (1945): 139–140, 143.
	page number: 	Mentioned: pp. 139–140; Reproduced: p. 143
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141227

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 802
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n142

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 246
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n270

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 246
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n270

	Chen, Mengjia 陳夢家, and Michio Matsumaru 松丸道雄. <em>In Shū seidōki bunrui zuroku</em> [殷周青銅器分類図錄 = A corpus of Chinese bronzes in American collections]. Tōkyō: Kyūko Shoin, 1977.
	page number: 	Reproduced: pp. 1000, 1001, no. A694
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 326
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n346

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