'You' Covered Ritual Wine Vessel with 'Taotie' Decor
14th-11th century BCE
Dimensions
H. with handle 21.9 x W. 14.6 x D. 12.7 cm (8 5/8 x 5 3/4 x 5 in.) Weight 1791.69 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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