'Yu' Ritual Food Vessel with 'Taotie' and Striding 'Kui'-Dragon Decor
13th-11th century BCE
Dimensions
H. 19.3 x Diam. 26.6 cm (7 5/8 x 10 1/2 in.) Weight 4637.98 g
Provenance
Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
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