Chih
Unidentified Shang Dynasty maker, Chinese, 1500 - 1050 BCE
late Shang Dynasty to early Zhou Dynasty (about 1000 BCE)
Bronze
Overall: 5 11/16 × 2 5/8 × 2 5/16 in. (14.4 × 6.7 × 5.9 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Mrs. Patrick C. Hill
M.981.128
Geography
Place Made: China, East Asia, Asia
Period
2000-1000 BCE
Object Name
Vessel
Research Area
Asia
Not on view
Course History
CHIN 52, Readings in Classical Chinese: Daoist Philosophical Texts, Sarah Allan, Spring 2015
Provenance
Collected by Genevieve Carpenter Hill (1902-1984), Charlotte, Vermont between 1921-1981; given to present collection, 1981.
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