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Identification and Creation

Object Number: 2006.170.98
Title: Stem cup
Other Titles: Original Language Title: 山東龍山文化黑陶高柄杯
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: c. 2600-2000 BCE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China, Shandong province
Period: Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan culture, c. 2600-2000 BCE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/149557

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Black earthenware
Dimensions: H. 12.6 x Diam. 7.3 cm (4 15/16 x 2 7/8 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: [Nicholas Grindley, London, 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art
Accession Year: 2006
Object Number: 2006.170.98
Division: Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact: am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description: Small stem cup with flat, everted mouth, cylindrical body, and hollow cylindrical stem perforated with small vertical slits and horizontal quadrilateral openings; thinly potted, lightly burnished blackened earthenware with incised and openwork decoration. Longshan culture; from Shandong province.

Subjects and Contexts

Sedgwick Collection

Verification Level

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2006.170.98: Stem cup