Detail View: National Palace English: Hu in ivory-white glaze

Work ID: 
M01A00144
Title: 
Hu in ivory-white glaze
Creation Date: 
Tang Dynasty
Start Year Date: 
A.D.618
End Year Date: 
A.D.907
Dynasty: 
36 Tang Dynasty (A.D. 618~907)
Kiln: 
Xing ware
Creation Place: 
China
Measurements: 
Height: 20.2 cm; Diameter (mouth): 6.3 cm; Diameter (base): 9.8 cm
Material: 
Porcelain
Form: 
Hu (wine vessel or water containter)
Type: 
Ceramics
Repository: 
The National Palace Museum, Taipei
Description: 
The Hu imitates metal or leather. It has a small rim, short neck, foot ring, and a cylindrical body with two depressed ditches on the sides, whose ends are marked off by a loop-ear so that it can be fastened with a strap. It is similar to water vessels used by the nomads.
ImageV ID: 
M01A00144AS002
Rights: 
Lee & Lee Communications