Vase (Hu) with Horizontal Bands, Loop Handles, and Lionlike Medallions

Sui dynasty (581–618)

China

Status: On View, Gallery 134
Department: Arts of Asia

Title: Vase (Hu) with Horizontal Bands, Loop Handles, and Lionlike Medallions
Place: China (Artist's nationality)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 581 CE–618 CE
Medium: Stoneware with underglaze molded and applied decoration
Dimensions: 41.6 × 23 cm (16 3/8 × 9 1/16 in.); Diam.: 23 cm (9 1/16 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Russell Tyson
Reference Number: 1951.299
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