Jade Winged Oval Cup (Erbei), one of a pair
3rd-1st century BCE
Dimensions
L. 13.5 x W. 9.8 x Thickness 0.3 cm (5 5/16 x 3 7/8 x 1/8 in.) Weight 254 g
Provenance
[Yamanaka & Co., New York, October 21, 1929] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (1929-1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.
Related Artworks
View MoreRusset Ding ware: porcellaneous stoneware with mottled russet-surfaced, dark brown glaze. Probably from the kilns at Jianci village, possibly from those at East or West Yanchuan village, Quyang county, Hebei province.
11th centuryChineseTerracotta, white ground
5th century BCEGreekSilver
AmericanNumbered Jun ware: light gray stoneware with variegated purple glaze; with Chinese numeral 2 (er) inscribed on base before firing
15th centuryChineseEnameled porcelain: porcelain with coral-red overglaze enamel
18th-19th centuryChineseTerracotta
CypriotElectrotype of gold original; hammered
19th-20th centuryMycenaean
Ceramic
20th centuryJapaneseTerracotta
7th-6th century BCEGreekTerracotta
14th century BCEMycenaeanEnameled blue-and-white ware: porcelain with decoration painted in underglaze cobalt blue and overglaze polychrome and gold enamels and with carved elements around the rim; with underglaze cobalt-blue double circle on the base
19th centuryChineseLacquer, black and red, with silver
Chinese