VesselsChinese11th-10th century BCE
'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with Animal-Head Bail Handle and with 'Taotie' and Striding 'Kui'-Dragon Decor
early Western Zhou period, mid 11th-early 10th century BCE
Dimensions
H. (to top of handle) 29.2 x W. 18.1 cm (11 1/2 x 7 1/8 in.)
Provenance
Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
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