Winged Cup (Erbei) | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.52.87.C
Title: Winged Cup (Erbei)
Other Titles: Alternate Title: erh-pei
Classification: Vessels
Work Type: vessel
Date: 206 BCE - 220 CE
Places: Creation Place: East Asia, China
Period: Han dynasty, 206 BCE-220 CE
Culture: Chinese
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/204271

Physical Descriptions

Medium: Shell with gilt bronze fitting
Dimensions: H. 4 x W. 14.4 x D. 10.6 cm (1 9/16 x 5 11/16 x 4 3/16 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.52.87.C

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Dorothy W. Gillerman, ed., Grenville L. Winthrop: Retrospective for a Collector, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, 1969), no. 052, pp. 52-53
Jenny So, Early Chinese Jades in the Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge, MA, 2019), pp. 288, 290, fig. 1

Exhibition History

S427: Ancient Chinese Bronzes and Jades, Harvard University Art Museums, Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/20/1985 - 04/30/2008
Re-View: S228-230 Arts of Asia, Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 05/31/2008 - 06/01/2013

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