VesselsChinese3rd-1st century BCE

Hu or zhong storage vessel

3rd-1st century BCE

Classification

Vessels

Medium

Lacquered wood and bronze

Culture

Chinese

Period

Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE)

Century

3rd-1st century BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

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