Henan Provincial Museum, Zhengzhou
Fanghu With Crane
Spring and Autumn Period
Shanghai Museum
Middle Spring And Autumn Period
early 7th century - early 6th century BC
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Henan Provincial Museum, Zhengzhou Fanghu With Crane Spring and Autumn Period |
Shanghai Museum Middle Spring And Autumn Period early 7th century - early 6th century BC |
Spring And Autumn Period
Henan and Shanghai Museums
Both Hu feature dragon handles and lotus caps. The Henan Museum example, a Fang (square) Hu, is topped with a crane. It is slightly damaged with raised elongated designs and many puzzling small "pimples" (once inlaid?) on the body. The Shanghai Museum piece is a round Hu, of the highest artistic quality, with a raised curvilinear design on each of three horizontal sections, and a four-lotus-leaf pattern on its upper neck.
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