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Cup

206BC-218AD

Flanged cup. Composition, below a lacquered surface, partly in black-red. undecorated, partly in very dark green, with detailed oranment painting in black-red. Elongated shallow-oval form with flanges from the mouth rim. On the outside, round the foot rim, and below and above the mouth rim border stinging lines in red or green. On the interior, a similar mouth-rim border. Hanges simiarly decorated. On the base of the interior an oval panel painted in red or green with cloud-scrolls and other surrounded.

Object details

Object type
Brief description
Woo, China, lacquer, painted
Physical description
Flanged cup. Composition, below a lacquered surface, partly in black-red. undecorated, partly in very dark green, with detailed oranment painting in black-red. Elongated shallow-oval form with flanges from the mouth rim. On the outside, round the foot rim, and below and above the mouth rim border stinging lines in red or green. On the interior, a similar mouth-rim border. Hanges simiarly decorated. On the base of the interior an oval panel painted in red or green with cloud-scrolls and other surrounded.
Dimensions
  • Height: 40cm
  • Length: 17.6cm
  • Width: 12cm
Collection
Accession number
W.33-1950

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Record createdJune 25, 2009
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