1949.133: Winged Cup (Erbei) with Abstract Decor
Vessels
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Identification and Creation
- Object Number
- 1949.133
- Title
- Winged Cup (Erbei) with Abstract Decor
- Classification
- Vessels
- Work Type
- vessel
- Date
- 3rd-1st century BCE
- Places
- Creation Place: East Asia, China
- Period
- Han dynasty, Western Han period, 206 BCE-9 CE
- Culture
- Chinese
- Persistent Link
- https://hvrd.art/o/203598
Physical Descriptions
- Medium
- Painted lacquerware: brown and reddish orange lacquer over wooden core
- Dimensions
- sight: L. 13.97 x W. 12.7 cm (5 1/2 x 5 in.)
Acquisition and Rights
- Credit Line
- Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Anonymous Gift
- Accession Year
- 1949
- Object Number
- 1949.133
- Division
- Asian and Mediterranean Art
- Contact
- am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
- Permissions
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Publication History
- Abby Hykin, "FT-IR Analysis of Asian Lacquers" (thesis (certificate in conservation), Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, 1993), Unpublished, pp. 1-6 passim
Verification Level
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