Jade covered gourd shaped hu, Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, China, 12th-14th century. Artist: Unknown

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Jade covered gourd shaped hu, Southern Song or Yuan dynasty, China, 12th-14th century. A gourd shaped hu vessel and cover with archaistic decorations standing on a tall foot with raised ridge. The handle is in the form of a kui dragon, the body with four bands of archaistic relief. The cover is decorated with two relief bands and the cover's knob is formed by two segments of a circle conjoined.

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Size: 2215px × 2831px
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Photo credit: © The Museum of East Asian Art/Heritage Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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