Ritual vessel (pou 瓿)
Ritual vessel (pou 瓿)
Ritual vessel (pou 瓿)
Ritual vessel (pou 瓿)
Ritual vessel (pou 瓿)
Ritual vessel (pou 瓿)

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Asian Art
Huo Pavilion

Ritual vessel (pou 瓿),

13th–11th century BCE

Chinese
Shang dynasty, 1299 - 1000 BCE | Anyang period, 13th–11th century BCE
y1965-55

Information

Title
Ritual vessel (pou 瓿)
Dates

13th–11th century BCE

Medium
Bronze with cast inscriptions on belly
Dimensions
h. 16.0 cm., diam. 24.5 cm. (6 5/16 x 9 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase from the C. D. Carter Collection, gift of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation
Object Number
y1965-55
Place Made

Asia, China

Inscription
Mark on interior bottom
Culture
Chinese
Period
Anyang (Shang style)
Type
ceremonial objects, vessels (containers), bronzes, pou
Materials
bronze
Techniques
casting (process)
Subject
animals

Chester Dale Carter (1883–1962) and Dolly Carter, 1952–1965 [1]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 1965. [1] Acquired in Japan between 1952 and 1959 while Chester Dale Carter was an employee of the Ethyl Corporation.

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