Stem Cup Maker: Unknown

early 3rd millenium B.C.

Asian Art

On view, 2nd floor, Asian Art

Tall, elegant cups such as this one were probably intended for ritual use. They were produced by both the Dawenkou and the Longshan culture, which was also based in the Shandong Province and showed a preference for black pottery.

Medium

Earthenware with burnished surface and cut decoration

Dimensions

6 7/8 × 3 in. (17.5 × 7.6 cm)

Credit Line

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund

Accession Number

2000.74.1

Geography

China

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic, Dawenkou culture (4300–2400 B.C.E.)

Classification

Containers

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Provenance
Walter Hochstadter, (dealer, 1914–2007), New York, Adelaide, Australia; sold to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 2000
Bibliography

  • Zhongguo she hui ke xue yuan kao gu yan jiu suo, ed., Jiaoxian Sanlihe (Beijing: Wen wu chu ban she, 1988).

Object copyright
No Copyright - United States

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