Lidded ritual container (<em>hu</em>) with painted decoration

206 BCE-220 CE

Covered hu [Ch] with a low foot ring and two movable ring handles suspended from looped relief masks below the neck. The curving body narrows toward the neck and widens again at the lip which is strengthened by a simple molding. Bands of red pigment enclose a frieze of abstract decoration which is painted onto the body of the hu. Similar designs are painted on the outer surface of the cover, which has a small loop.