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Gu (wine vessel)

Photo: Elizabeth Mann

Gu (wine vessel)

12th century BCE

Cast bronze
11 in. (27.9 cm) x diameter 6 3/8 in. (16.2 cm)
Bequest of Mrs. Willis B. Herr in memory of Mr. Willis B. Herr
42.4
Photo: Elizabeth Mann
location
Now on view at the Asian Art Museum

Resources

Exhibition HistorySeattle, Seattle Art Museum, Chinese Metalwork, July 12 - Nov. 27, 1988.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Chinese Art: A Seattle Perspective, Dec. 22, 2007 - July 26, 2009.

Seattle, Washington, Seattle Asian Art Museum, Boundless: Stories of Asian Art, Feb. 8, 2020 - ongoing.

Published ReferencesFuller, Richard E. Seattle Art Museum. Seattle: Seattle Art Museum, 1946, p. 15

"Handbook, Seattle Art Museum: Selected Works from the Permanent Collections." Seattle, WA: Seattle Art Museum, 1951, p. 43 (b&w)

Seattle Art Museum respectfully acknowledges that we are on Indigenous land, the traditional territories of the Coast Salish people. We honor our ongoing connection to these communities past, present, and future.

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