VesselsChinese11th-10th century BCE
'Zun' Ritual Wine Vessel with Decorative Bands of Birds and Dragons
early Western Zhou period, mid 11th-early 10th Century BCE
Dimensions
H. 25.8 x Diam. 20.2 cm (10 3/16 x 7 15/16 in.)
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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