Jar with loop-handles (hu)
Place of OriginHenan province, China
Dateapprox. 1300-1050 BCE
DynastyShang dynasty (approx. 1600-1050 BCE)
MaterialsGray low-fired ceramic with burnished black surface and grooved bands
DimensionsH. 9 1/2 in x Diam. 9 in, H. 24 cm x Diam. 23.0 cm
Credit LineThe Avery Brundage Collection
Object numberB60P1826
DepartmentChinese Art
ClassificationsCeramics
On View
Not on viewThe hu jar with a footring can be traced to a Shandong-Longshan prototype which dates back to the Xia culture. Wares with a footring have more often been seen in the Erlitou site of the Xia in Henan. Absorbed and adapted by many cultures, Shang hu are manifested in a variety of forms in both bronze and ceramics. This particular shape, with decorative bands of triangles or crosshatching on the body are found in the Yinxu site, phases III to IV, and have been discovered in significant numbers at Anyang, the late Shang capital in Henan (KG 1991.2: 131).
approx. 1200-1050 BCE
approx. 1000-800 BCE
approx. 1300-1050 BCE
approx. 1300-1050 BCE
approx. 100 BCE-100 CE
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