漢 青銅鏨刻紋壶|Wine container (Hu)
Unknown
ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE · Bronze · Asian Art
A significant change took place in bronze décor during the middle of the Han dynasty, when depictions of landscape and animals were either painted or incised rather than cast. Incised decoration not only points to a change in aesthetics, but also reflects the development of iron tools, which made engraving bronze surfaces possible.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1st century BCE–1st century CE
- Medium
- Bronze
- Culture
- China
- Department
- Asian Art
- Credit line
- Purchase, Bequest of Dorothy Graham Bennett, 2007
