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Covered Vessel

Original Language TitleFu
Former TitleVessel for Cereals
CultureChinese
DateWestern Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.E.)
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 × 8 1/8 × 10 3/4 inches (19.05 × 20.64 × 27.31 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number32-68/12
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Collections
DescriptionLow, angular shaped vessel with sides sloping inwards on a low spreading foot, cut out in the center so that arches are formed. Circular handles spring from zoomorphic heads at either end.
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recto overall
Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.E.)
32-68/13
lid underside overall
Warring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
32-68/11
overall
Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.E.)
32-68/45 A,B
Mask
early 20th century
2006.25
overall
mid-19th century
32-68/4 A,B
Pompeian Vase
G. Paulding Farnham
1900
2019.1.1
overall
late 8th century B.C.E.
32-68/15
vessel overall
Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.E.)
32-68/44 A,B
overall
Western Zhou dynasty (1045-771 B.C.E.)
32-68/5 A,B
Teapot
Warren MacKenzie
ca. 1998
2006.14.2.A,B
Wine Vessel
Warring States period (480-221 B.C.E.)
35-74