Ancient Chinese Rare and Unusual Pair of Buff Pottery Wine Cups

2nd century B.C.E.–2nd century C.E.

Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: 3 3/4 × 3 in. (9.53 × 7.62 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Wilson P. Foss, Jr., Ph.B. 1913
Accession Number: 1956.40.11a-b
Geography: China
Culture: Chinese
Period: Han dynasty (206 B.C.E.–220 C.E.)
Classification: Containers
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Provenance

Wilson Perkins Foss, Jr. (1890–1957), New York; given to the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., 1956

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