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Ritual Wine Flask (Bianhu)
5th-4th century BC (Eastern Zhou)
Bronze
(China )
(China )
This vessel, made for ceremonial use and then subsequently deposited in a tomb. During a ritual, wine would have been poured out of this bronze flask. Its shape was modeled after the flasks used by the nomadic peoples on the borders of the region now known as China during the 5th–3rd centuries BCE.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William T. / Henry Walters Collection, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1995 | The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
China (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 13 1/2 × W: 12 1/4 × D: 4 in. (34.3 × 31.1 × 10.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. or Henry Walters, before 1931
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.1242