2006.170.81: Cup

Identification and Creation

Object Number

2006.170.81

Title

Cup

Other Titles

Original Language Title: 大汶口文化 紅陶杯大汶口文化 紅陶杯

Classification

Vessels

Work Type

vessel

Date

c. 4300-2600 BCE

Places

Creation Place: East Asia, China

Period

Neolithic period, Dawenkou culture, c. 4300-2600 BCE

Culture

Chinese

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/174251

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Earthenware

Dimensions

H. 10.9 x Diam. 9 cm (4 5/16 x 3 9/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Uragami Sokyu-do Co., Ltd, Tokyo, February 2001] sold; to Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation, Woodside, CA (2001-2006), partial gift; to Harvard University Art Museums, 2006.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Partial gift of the Walter C. Sedgwick Foundation and partial purchase through the Ernest B. and Helen Pratt Dane Fund for Asian Art

Accession Year

2006

Object Number

2006.170.81

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Cup with lightly flared side walls and flat base; thinly potted light reddish buff earthenware, the surface turned light gray after firing. Dawenkou culture. From the middle and lower Yellow River valley regions; Shandong, northern Jiangsu, northern Anhui, and eastern Henan provinces.

Commentary

Compare to:
Cup of the same form excavated in 1959 at Dawenkou, Tai’an, Shandong province. See Shandong sheng wenwu guanlichu [Shandong Bureau of Cultural Relics Management], Dawenkou: xinshiqi shidai muzang fajue baogao [Dawenkou: Neolithic period cemetery excavation report] (Beijing: Wenwu chubanshe, 1974), 72.4.

Subjects and Contexts

• Sedgwick Collection

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