Vase in the Form of Archaic Hu (1700s): Art, History and Details
Vase in the Form of Archaic Hu at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 1700s, pale greenish-white jade with brown markings. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Vase in the Form of Archaic Hu (1700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
The square vase made entirely of jade imitates a ceramic or metal type with a corded string around its shoulder. Superbly carved are also the rings that hang loosely in handles held by feline animal heads.
Object facts
- Title: Vase in the Form of Archaic Hu
- Date: 1700s
- Culture: China, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
- Type: Jade
- Technique: pale greenish-white jade with brown markings
- Dimensions: Overall: 14.4 cm (5 11/16 in.)
- Collection: China - Qing Dynasty
- Department: Chinese Art
- Accession number: 1964.237
A detail from the museum
Appreciated for its durability, hardness, luster, and subdued colors, jade was considered one of the most precious materials in China.
Collection credit
Severance and Greta Millikin Collection
Further reading listed by the museum
- Catalogue of the Severance and Greta Millikin Collection. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1990.
View the collection record
See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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