Footed cup
c. 2600-2000 BCE
Description
Small cup raised on a short circular pedestal foot with one vertically oriented loop handle and a smaller horizontally oriented loop handle on the opposite side; lightly burnished blackened earthenware with incised crosshatched decoration and applique handles. Longshan culture; from Shandong province.
Dimensions
H. 11.2 x W. 10.3 (across handles) x Diam. 10.1 cm (4 7/16 x 4 1/16 x 4 in.)
Provenance
[Kaikodo, New York, October 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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