1947.93: Large Winged Cup (Erbei) with Abstract Decor
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1947.93
- Title
- Large Winged Cup (Erbei) with Abstract Decor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 3rd century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China, Hunan province, Changsha
- Period
- Warring States period (475-221 BCE) to Western Han period (206 BCE-9 CE)
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203791
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Painted lacquer ware: black and reddish orange lacquers over wooden core. Reportedly from Changsha, Hunan province.
- Dimensions
- sight: H. 5 x W. 24.5 x D. 18 cm (1 15/16 x 9 5/8 x 7 1/16 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of John Hadley Cox, Esq.
- Accession Year
- 1947
- Object Number
- 1947.93
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Abby Hykin, "FT-IR Analysis of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim
Verification Level
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