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Ritual wine warmer with taotie
From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Ceremonial wine vessel, type chueh. Surface: variable apple green and bluish patina; traces of earthy incrustation; pin hole in bottom; tips of the three legs repaired. Decoration: cast in low and incised relief; flanges strongly projecting.
National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineRitual wine warmer with taotie. ca. early 11th century BCE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment. CC0.
