Ritual Wine Vessel (Hu) with Inlaid Decoration of Dragons and Animals
second half 5th century BCE
Dimensions
H. 35.5 x Diam. 25.8 cm (14 x 10 3/16 in.)
Provenance
Private Collection (by 1944), gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1944.
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