Stem Cup
VesselsChinese3rd millennium BCE

Stem Cup

c. 2600-2000 BCE

Description

Waisted cup with flared, everted rim supported on an elaborate hollow stem with a wide cylindrical midsection perforated with five rows of vertical slits; thinly potted, lightly burnished blackened earthenware with incised and openwork decoration. Longshan culture; from Shandong province.

Classification
Vessels
Medium
Black earthenware
Culture
Chinese
Period
Neolithic period, Shandong Longshan culture, c. 2600-2000 BCE
Century
3rd millennium BCE
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Department
Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 26 x Diam. 12.4 cm (10 1/4 x 4 7/8 in.)

Provenance

[Ariadne Gallery, New York, February 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1998-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

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