Wine container (hu)
A significant change took place in bronze décor during the middle of the Han dynasty, when depictions of landscape and animals were either painted or incised rather than cast. Incised decoration not only points to a change in aesthetics, but also reflects the development of iron tools, which made engraving bronze surfaces possible.
Artwork Details
- 漢 青銅鏨刻紋壶
- Title: Wine container (hu)
- Period: Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE)
- Date: ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE
- Culture: China
- Medium: Bronze
- Dimensions: H. 12 in. (30.5 cm); Diam. 6 1/2 in. (16.5 cm); Diam. of rim: 1 7/8 in. (4.8 cm); Diam. of foot: 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork
- Credit Line: Purchase, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 2007
- Object Number: 2007.133
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art
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