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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
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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of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim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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