Long-necked Vase, Hu Vessel with Dish-shaped Mouth
Long-necked vases were water containers and were used as the Avalokiteshvara vase (vase containing purifying water) in Buddhist rituals. This vase was made of clay of white color with brown shade, and the glaze was in a green tone. It was glazed from the top to roughly one-third of the abdomen.
The hu vessel with a dish-shaped mouth was a spittoon of a wide mouth and a contracted neck, and they were usually wide at the bottom. This was a common grave good in Southern China during the Six Dynasties, but was comparatively less common in graves of the Northern dynasties. It became much less popular in the Sui and Tang period.
The hu vessel with a dish-shaped mouth was a spittoon of a wide mouth and a contracted neck, and they were usually wide at the bottom. This was a common grave good in Southern China during the Six Dynasties, but was comparatively less common in graves of the Northern dynasties. It became much less popular in the Sui and Tang period.
- Item No.
- R023498, R023496
- Period
- Sui-tang Period (581-907 A.D.)
- Dimensions
- Height 22.7, diameter of mouth 6.8 cm; Height 15.0, diameter of mouth 9.4 cm
- Excavated/Findspot
- Tomb M7:M15, Xiaotun, Anyang, Honan
- Materials
- 瓷
