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Ritual vessel (<em>pien hu</em>) and stopper by Charles Lang Freer, Tanaka — VisualArtsDB

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Ritual vessel (<em>pien hu</em>) and stopper

Ritual vessel (<em>pien hu</em>) and stopper

Ritual vessel (<em>pien hu</em>) and stopper

Charles Lang Freer Tanaka

Medium: Bronze
Genre: Vessel
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Chinese ArtsculptureArtbronzeWestern Han dynasty (206 BCE - 9 CE)Charles Lang Freer collectionMetal-work

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Ceremonial vessel, type pien-hu. Stopper.

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