Stem cup
c. 4300-2600 BCE
Description
Small round cup supported on an elongated, flared hollow stem that widens at the base, the stem perforated with three columns of four small circular openings; lightly burnished gray earthenware, the surface turned red after firing. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.
Dimensions
H. 14.1 x Diam. 7 cm (5 9/16 x 2 3/4 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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