Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
China, Room 44, The T.T. Tsui Gallery

Cup

ca. 2500 BC (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This cup on a tall foot is made of thin-bodied black earthenware. The thin body is a special feature of black earthenwares made in Shandong in the third millennium BC.


Object details

Category
Object type
Materials and techniques
Earthenware, unglazed
Brief description
Longshan black ware cup on tall foot
Physical description
Longshan black ware. Cup on a reticulated tall foot.
Dimensions
  • Height: 17cm
  • Diameter: 7cm
Style
Summary
This cup on a tall foot is made of thin-bodied black earthenware. The thin body is a special feature of black earthenwares made in Shandong in the third millennium BC.
Collection
Accession number
FE.42-2008

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Record createdMay 6, 2009
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