Wine Storage Vessel (Hu)
1st century BCE
Physical Qualities
Unglazed earthenware, 10-1/2 H x 8 Diam. in. (26.7 x 20.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Anonymous Gift
Object Number
1998.407
The shape of this vessel is based on a bronze original. Both types were
widely distributed in tombs across north China.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1998; Private Collection, by purchase c. 1984-1986; Qing Ping Farmers' Market, Guangzhou
Frances Klapthor, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Chinese Mortuary Ceramics from the Collection," December 2008-December 2009.
Inscribed: None
