Lidded square ritual wine vessel (<em>fanghu</em>) with painted decoration

206 BCE-220 CE

Fang-hu with curved walls and a lid in the shape of a truncated pyramid. There is a small loop on the cover. Animal masks in relief, holding movable rings, appear on two sides below the neck. The sides of the vessel are decorated with a frieze of abstract, swirling designs painted between narrow bands of red pigment. A red band also decorates the narrow foot.