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Lidded ritual container (<em>hu</em>) with painted decoration
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Lidded ritual container (<em>hu</em>) with painted decoration

206 BCE-220 CE · Bronze

From the collection of National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler). Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Covered hu [Ch] with a low foot ring and two movable ring handles suspended from looped relief masks below the neck. The curving body narrows toward the neck and widens again at the lip which is strengthened by a simple molding. Bands of red pigment enclose a frieze of abstract decoration which is painted onto the body of the hu. Similar designs are painted on the outer surface of the cover, which has a small loop.

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Credit lineLidded ritual container (<em>hu</em>) with painted decoration. 206 BCE-220 CE. National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler), Gift of Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer. CC0.

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