Stem cup
c. 4300-2600 BCE
Description
Waisted cup with flared lip supported on an elongated hollow stem perforated with alternating columns of circular and triangular openings; thinly potted, lightly burnished blackened earthenware. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.
Dimensions
H. 23.4 x Diam. 8.8 cm (9 3/16 x 3 7/16 in.)
Provenance
[J.J. Lally & Co., New York, June 2000] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2000-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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