Stem Cup
c. 2600-2000 BCE
Description
Cup with flared, everted rim supported on an elaborate hollow stem with bulb-shaped midsection perforated with four rows of vertical slits; thinly potted, lightly burnished blackened earthenware with incised and openwork decoration. Longshan culture; from Shandong province.
Dimensions
H. 16.2 x Diam. 8.1 cm (6 3/8 x 3 3/16 in.)
Provenance
[Nicholas Grindley, London, April 1999] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (1999-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.
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