Cup
c. 4300-2600 BCE
Description
Cup with lightly flared side walls and flat base; thinly potted light reddish buff earthenware, the surface turned light gray after firing. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.
Dimensions
H. 10.9 x Diam. 9 cm (4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)
Provenance
[Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd, Tokyo, February 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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