Wine Cup
Original Language TitleErbei or Yushang
CultureChinese
DateQin dynasty (221-206 B.C.E.)
MediumBlack and red lacquer
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/16 × 7 9/16 × 9 3/4 inches (8.73 × 19.21 × 24.77 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number48-36/4
On View
On viewGallery Location
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Collections
Gallery LabelFlanged oval wine cups, known in ancient China as ear cups (erbei) or winged cups (yushang), were an innovation of the Warring States period (475-221 B.C.E.). Unlike earlier ritual vessels that were cast in bronze, ear cups were usually fashioned in lacquered wood or fiber and testify to the rise in prestige of this medium. The strange square, mask-like shapes and comma-like motifs on the interior are typical of lacquer styles of the short-lived Qin period.
F. P. Musso;
Purchased from F. P. Musso by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1948.
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