Wine vessel, fou
Artist: Unknown
On display
This wine vessel is supported on a rounded foot decorated with a rope-twist band, a design mirrored in the body of the vessel, where twisted rope separates oblong panels of dense geometric motif. Each of the large S-shaped handles is cast in the form of a scaly, bat-eared animal whose lower half merges with the form of a small feline with tiger-like stripes.
Details
- Artist
- Unknown
- Title
- Wine vessel, fou
- Date
- Eastern Zhou dynasty, Spring and Autumn period (770-475 BC)
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- H: 29.7 cm.
- Reference
- CVCSC 0377.A
- Collection
- Chinese Bronzes