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Lidded square ritual wine vessel (<em>fanghu</em>) with painted decoration
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Lidded square ritual wine vessel (<em>fanghu</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

Fang-hu with curved walls and a lid in the shape of a truncated pyramid. There is a small loop on the cover. Animal masks in relief, holding movable rings, appear on two sides below the neck. The sides of the vessel are decorated with a frieze of abstract, swirling designs painted between narrow bands of red pigment. A red band also decorates the narrow foot.

National Museum of Asian Art (Freer/Sackler)’s own description
Credit lineLidded square ritual wine vessel (<em>fanghu</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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