Stem cup
c. 2600-2000 BCE
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.
Dimensions
H. 12.6 x Diam. 7.3 cm (4 15/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
Provenance
[Nicholas Grindley, London, 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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