Flask (bianhu)
-475–-221
- Medium
- Bronze inlaid with copper
- Dimensions
- 36.3 × 34 × 11 cm (14 5/16 × 13 3/8 × 4 5/16 in.)
- Genre
- Bronze
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Tags
vesselasian artChinese (culture or style)bronzemetal
About
This canteen-shaped container was probably modeled after leather flasks designed to be slung from the shoulder by cords. The bricklike pattern of inlaid copper may allude to this cord wrapping. A stamp carved with a pattern of feather-curls was repeatedly impressed into the clay mold to create this intricate surface decoration.